Name: Salinivirga cyanobacteriivorans Ben Hania et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cy.a.no.bac.te.ri.i.vo.rans. N.L. neut. pl. n. Cyanobacteria, Cyanobacteria; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. cyanobacteriivorans, devouring cyanobacteria

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 27204; JCM 31231; KCTC 15528; L21-Spi-D4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC665951 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ben Hania W, Joseph M, Bunk B, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Fardeau ML, Spring S. Characterization of the first cultured representative of a Bacteroidetes clade specialized on the scavenging of cyanobacteria. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1134-1148.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinivirga Ben Hania et al. 2017. Publication: Ben Hania W, Joseph M, Bunk B, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Fardeau ML, Spring S. Characterization of the first cultured representative of a Bacteroidetes clade specialized on the scavenging of cyanobacteria. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1134-1148.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Salinivirga Ben Hania et al. 2017

Assigned by: Ben Hania W, Joseph M, Bunk B, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Fardeau ML, Spring S. Characterization of the first cultured representative of a Bacteroidetes clade specialized on the scavenging of cyanobacteria. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1134-1148.

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Record number: 795083