Name: Salipiger pacificus (Dai et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Yangia pacifica Dai et al. 2006

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.cus. L. masc. adj. pacificus, peacemaking, pacific, and by extension pertaining to the Pacific Ocean, the origin of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: pa-KI-fi-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.3455; DSM 26894; DX5-10; JCM 12573

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ877265 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alloyangia pacifica (Dai et al. 2006) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Yangia pacifica Dai et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Alloyangia pacifica (Dai et al. 2006) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Salipiger pacificus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Salipiger.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11110