Name: Salmonella subterranea Shelobolina et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. adj. subterranea, underground, subterranean

Type strains: ATCC BAA-836; DSM 16208; FRCl

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16S rRNA gene accession number: AY373829

Effective publication: Shelobolina ES, Sullivan SA, O'Neill KR, Nevin KP, Lovley DR. Isolation, characterization, and U(VI)-reducing potential of a facultatively anaerobic, acid-resistant Bacterium from Low-pH, nitrate- and U(VI)-contaminated subsurface sediment and description of Salmonella subterranea sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:2959-2965.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 102. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:547-549.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Atlantibacter subterranea" Hata et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • According to E.S. Shelobolina, the strain FRCl = ATCC BAA-836 = DSM 16208 is closely related to Escherichia hermannii and does not belong to the genus Salmonella.
  • According to E.S. Shelobolina, the strain FRCl ATCC BAA-836 DSM 16208 is closely related to Escherichia hermannii and does not belong to the genus Salmonella.

Parent taxon: Salmonella Lignieres 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shelobolina ES, Sullivan SA, O'Neill KR, Nevin KP, Lovley DR. Isolation, characterization, and U(VI)-reducing potential of a facultatively anaerobic, acid-resistant Bacterium from Low-pH, nitrate- and U(VI)-contaminated subsurface sediment and description of Salmonella subterranea sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:2959-2965.

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