Name: Spiribacter halobius Gong et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’bi.us. Gr. gen. masc. n. halos, salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. masc. adj. halobius, living on salt

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-LO-bi-us, masculine

Type strain: E85; KCTC 52699; MCCC 1H00230

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY407792 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gong Y, Ma L, Du Z-Z, Zheng W-S, Lu D-C, et al. Spiribacter halobius sp. nov., a novel halophilic Gammaproteobacterium with a relatively large genome. Front Mar Sci 2022; 9:1028967. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 214. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sediminicurvatus halobius (Gong et al. 2023) León et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sediminicurvatus halobius (Gong et al. 2023) León et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Spiribacter halobius 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Spiribacter León et al. 2014

Assigned by: Gong Y, Ma L, Du Z-Z, Zheng W-S, Lu D-C, et al. Spiribacter halobius sp. nov., a novel halophilic Gammaproteobacterium with a relatively large genome. Front Mar Sci 2022; 9:1028967. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 9683