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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Virgibacillus saliphilus

Name: Virgibacillus saliphilus Oh et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’phi.lus. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. saliphilus, salt-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-LI-phi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 112707; KACC 22326; NKC19-3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW979941 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oh YJ, Kim JY, Kwon MS, Lee S, Choi SP, Choi HJ. Virgibacillus saliphilus sp. nov. and Virgibacillus salidurans sp. nov., isolated from kimchi. J Microbiol 2025; 63:e-2501001. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Assigned by: Oh YJ, Kim JY, Kwon MS, Lee S, Choi SP, Choi HJ. Virgibacillus saliphilus sp. nov. and Virgibacillus salidurans sp. nov., isolated from kimchi. J Microbiol 2025; 63:e-2501001. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 57501
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