Name: "Spongiibacter salexigens" (Urios et al. 2008) Flores-Félix et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008

Etymology: sal.ex’i.gens. L. masc. n. sal, salt, seawater; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. masc. part. adj. salexigens, seawaterdemanding

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sal-EKS-i-gens, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 5IX/A01/131; CIP 109757; DSM 19753; MOLA 225

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16S rRNA gene: AY576729 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Neomelitea salexigens (Urios et al. 2008) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Jang et al. (2011), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008. Publication: Jang GI, Hwang CY, Choi HG, Kang SH, Cho BC. Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2895-2900. 🇰🇷
  • 🧍 See also Flores-Felix et al. (2025). Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Corrigendum to "Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 206 (2025) 108321]. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108409. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008

Assigned by: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸

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