Name: Soortia roseihalophila Amoozegar et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.se.i.ha.lo’phi.la. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-coloured, pink; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. roseihalophila, pink-coloured and salt-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Bsw-2b; IBRC M 10915; LMG 28547

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KU695464 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Amoozegar MA, Khansha J, Mehrshad M, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Ramezani M, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Soortia roseihalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new taxon in the order Balneolales isolated from a travertine spring, and description of Soortiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:113-120.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:765-766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Soortia Amoozegar et al. 2017. Publication: Amoozegar MA, Khansha J, Mehrshad M, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Ramezani M, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Soortia roseihalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new taxon in the order Balneolales isolated from a travertine spring, and description of Soortiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:113-120.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Soortia Amoozegar et al. 2017

Assigned by: Amoozegar MA, Khansha J, Mehrshad M, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Ramezani M, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Soortia roseihalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new taxon in the order Balneolales isolated from a travertine spring, and description of Soortiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:113-120.

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Record number: 795036