Name: Spiribacter aquaticus León et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living or found in the water, aquatic

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: CECT 9238; LMG 30005; SP 30

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT714150 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Leon MJ, Aldeguer-Riquelme B, Anton J, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Spiribacter aquaticus sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Spiribacter isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2947-2952. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spiribacter roseus León et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spiribacter roseus León et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Leon et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Spiribacter roseus León et al. 2016. Publication: Leon MJ, Galisteo C, Ventosa A, Sanchez-Porro C. Spiribacter aquaticus Leon et al. 2017 is a later heterotypic synonym of Spiribacter roseus Leon et al. 2016. Reclassification of Halopeptonella vilamensis Menes et al. 2016 as Spiribacter vilamensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2873-2878. 🇪🇸
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.
  • ❗ Spiribacter aquaticus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Spiribacter.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Spiribacter León et al. 2014

Assigned by: Leon MJ, Aldeguer-Riquelme B, Anton J, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Spiribacter aquaticus sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Spiribacter isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2947-2952. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 795750