Name: Sedimentibacter saalensis Breitenstein et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: saa.len’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. saalensis, referring to the German River Saale, from which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-283; DSM 13558; ZF2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ404680 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Breitenstein A, Wiegel J, Haertig C, Weiss N, Andreesen JR, Lechner U. Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:801-807.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sedimentibacter Breitenstein et al. 2002

Assigned by: Breitenstein A, Wiegel J, Haertig C, Weiss N, Andreesen JR, Lechner U. Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:801-807.

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Record number: 780839