Name: Sediminibacterium salmoneum Qu and Yuan 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.mo.ne’um. L. masc. n. salmo (gen. salmonis), salmon; L. adj. suff. -eus -a -um, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. neut. adj. salmoneum, salmon-coloured

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6845; DSM 27476; NBRC 103935; NJ-44

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF407879 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qu JH, Yuan HL. Sediminibacterium salmoneum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from sediment of a eutrophic reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2191-2194.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Kim et al. 2013 Kim YJ, Nguyen NL, Weon HY, Yang DC. Sediminibacterium ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field, and emended descriptions of the genus Sediminibacterium and of Sediminibacterium salmoneum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:905-912. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sediminibacterium Qu and Yuan 2008. Publication: Qu JH, Yuan HL. Sediminibacterium salmoneum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from sediment of a eutrophic reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2191-2194.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sediminibacterium Qu and Yuan 2008

Assigned by: Qu JH, Yuan HL. Sediminibacterium salmoneum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from sediment of a eutrophic reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2191-2194.

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