Name: Swaminathania salitolerans Loganathan and Nair 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.to’le.rans. L. masc. n. sal, salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. salitolerans, salt tolerating

Gender: feminine

Type strain: LMG 21291; MTCC 3852; PA51

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF459454 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Loganathan P, Nair S. Swaminathania salitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a salt-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacterium from wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1185-1190.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Swaminathania Loganathan and Nair 2004. Publication: Loganathan P, Nair S. Swaminathania salitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a salt-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacterium from wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1185-1190.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Swaminathania Loganathan and Nair 2004

Assigned by: Loganathan P, Nair S. Swaminathania salitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a salt-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing bacterium from wild rice (Porteresia coarctata Tateoka). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1185-1190.

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Record number: 785037