Name: Salipiger mucosus corrig. Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.co’sus. L. masc. adj. mucosus, slimy, mucous

Gender: masculine

Type strain: A3; CECT 5855; DSM 16094; LMG 22090

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16S rRNA gene: DQ915629 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Martinez-Canovas MJ, Quesada E, Martinez-Checa F, Moral AD, Bejar V. Salipiger mucescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from hypersaline soil, belonging to the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1735-1740.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salipiger mucescens Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004. Publication: Martinez-Canovas MJ, Quesada E, Martinez-Checa F, Moral AD, Bejar V. Salipiger mucescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from hypersaline soil, belonging to the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1735-1740.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Riedel T, Spring S, Fiebig A, Petersen J, Kyrpides NC, Goker M, Klenk HP. Genome sequence of the exopolysaccharide-producing Salipiger mucosus type strain (DSM 16094^T), a moderately halophilic member of the Roseobacter clade. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:1331-1343.
  • The specific epithet mucescens has been corrected in the Notification List (IJSEM 55, 3-5, 2005). Publication: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.
  • Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004 proposed the specific epithet mucescens. However, mucescens (L. part. adj. from L. v. mucesco) means becoming mouldy or musty, not slimy as cited in the paper by Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004. Consequently, this specific epithet has been corrected on notification with the authors' agreement. Publication: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Parent taxon: Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

Assigned by: Martinez-Canovas MJ, Quesada E, Martinez-Checa F, Moral AD, Bejar V. Salipiger mucescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from hypersaline soil, belonging to the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1735-1740.

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