Name: Spiribacter curvatus León et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cur.va’tus. L. masc. part. adj. curvatus, bended, curved, referring to the curved shape of the cell

Pronunciation, gender: kur-WA-tus, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8396; DSM 28542; UAH-SP71

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF798749 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Leon MJ, Rodriguez-Olmos A, Sanchez-Porro C, Lopez-Perez M, Rodriguez-Valera F, Soliveri J, Ventosa A, Copa-Patino JL. Spiribacter curvatus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4638-4643. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Spiribacter León et al. 2014

Assigned by: Leon MJ, Rodriguez-Olmos A, Sanchez-Porro C, Lopez-Perez M, Rodriguez-Valera F, Soliveri J, Ventosa A, Copa-Patino JL. Spiribacter curvatus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4638-4643. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 793124