Name: Salinivibrio socompensis Galisteo et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: so.com.pen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. socompensis, belonging to lake Socompa, Argentina

Pronunciation, gender: so-kom-PEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BNM 535; CECT 9634; IBRC M 11281; S35

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16S rRNA gene: HF953987 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Galisteo C, Sanchez-Porro C, de la Haba RR, Lopez-Hermoso C, Fernandez AB, Farias ME, Ventosa A. Characterization of Salinivibrio socompensis sp. nov., A New Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from the High-Altitude Hypersaline Lake Socompa, Argentina. Microorganisms 2019; 7:241.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salinivibrio Mellado et al. 1996

Assigned by: Galisteo C, Sanchez-Porro C, de la Haba RR, Lopez-Hermoso C, Fernandez AB, Farias ME, Ventosa A. Characterization of Salinivibrio socompensis sp. nov., A New Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from the High-Altitude Hypersaline Lake Socompa, Argentina. Microorganisms 2019; 7:241.

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Record number: 5551