Name: Sediminibacillus halophilus Carrasco et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. gen. masc. n. halos, salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Pronunciation, gender: ha-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: CCM 7364; CECT 7148; CGMCC 1.6199; DSM 18088; EN8d

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16S rRNA gene: AM905297 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Sediminibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1961-1967.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sediminibacillus Carrasco et al. 2008. Publication: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Sediminibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1961-1967.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Sediminibacillus Carrasco et al. 2008

Assigned by: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Sediminibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1961-1967.

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