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. 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.
  • 🎓 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