Name: Spiribacter salinus León et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’nus. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, salted, salty

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8282; IBRC M 10768; LMG 27464; M19-40

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16S rRNA gene: CP005963 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leon MJ, Fernandez AB, Ghai R, Sanchez-Porro C, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A. From metagenomics to pure culture: isolation and characterization of the moderately halophilic bacterium Spiribacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:3850-3857.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Spiribacter León et al. 2014. Publication: Leon MJ, Fernandez AB, Ghai R, Sanchez-Porro C, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A. From metagenomics to pure culture: isolation and characterization of the moderately halophilic bacterium Spiribacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:3850-3857.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Spiribacter León et al. 2014

Assigned by: Leon MJ, Fernandez AB, Ghai R, Sanchez-Porro C, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A. From metagenomics to pure culture: isolation and characterization of the moderately halophilic bacterium Spiribacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:3850-3857.

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