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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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