Name: Zhihengliuella salsuginis Chen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.su’gi.nis. L. gen. fem. n. salsuginis, of/from brine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21149; JSM 71043; KCTC 19466

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ425902 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chen YG, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Liu ZX, Chen QH, He JW, Cui XL, Li WJ. Zhihengliuella salsuginis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic actinobacterium from a subterranean brine. Extremophiles 2010; 14:397-402.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Zhihengliuella Zhang et al. 2007

Assigned by: Chen YG, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Liu ZX, Chen QH, He JW, Cui XL, Li WJ. Zhihengliuella salsuginis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic actinobacterium from a subterranean brine. Extremophiles 2010; 14:397-402.

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