Name: Salisaeta longa Vaisman and Oren 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lon’ga. L. fem. adj. longa, long

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … LON-ga, feminine

Type strain: CECT 7354; DSM 21114; S4-4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU426570 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaisman N, Oren A. Salisaeta longa gen. nov., sp. nov., a red, halophilic member of the Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2571-2574. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salisaeta Vaisman and Oren 2009. Publication: Vaisman N, Oren A. Salisaeta longa gen. nov., sp. nov., a red, halophilic member of the Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2571-2574. 🇮🇱
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Salisaeta Vaisman and Oren 2009

Assigned by: Vaisman N, Oren A. Salisaeta longa gen. nov., sp. nov., a red, halophilic member of the Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2571-2574. 🇮🇱

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Record number: 788144