Name: Salinibacter Antón et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sa.li.ni.bac’ter. L. gen. fem. n. salinae, salterns, salt-works; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Salinibacter, a rod from salt-works

Gender: masculine (stem: Salinibacter-)

Type species: Salinibacter ruber Antón et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anton J, Oren A, Benlloch S, Rodriguez-Valera F, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Salinibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, extremely halophilic member of the Bacteria from saltern crystallizer ponds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:485-491.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Salinibacter" Antón et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012 Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Amoozegar MA, Ventosa A. Salinibacter iranicus sp. nov. and Salinibacter luteus sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake, and emended descriptions of the genus Salinibacter and of Salinibacter ruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1521-1527. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Munoz et al. 2016 Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 25. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:7-8.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Salinibacteraceae Munoz et al. 2016. Publication: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the family Rhodothermaceae Ludwig et al. 2012. Publication: Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Family I. Rhodothermaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 457.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the phylum "Bacteroidetes" Krieg et al. 2010. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Viver et al. (2023), Munoz et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 3; CGMCC: 2; ICMP: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 Salinibacter Antón et al. 2002 was previously known as "Candidatus Salinibacter" Antón et al. 2000. Publication: Anton J, Rossello-Mora R, Rodriguez-Valera F, Amann R. Extremely halophilic bacteria in crystallizer ponds from solar salterns. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:3052-3057.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Salinibacter altiplanensis Viver et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibacter grassmerensis Viver et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibacter iranicus Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Salinibacter luteus Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Salinibacter ruber Antón et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Salinibacteraceae Munoz et al. 2016

Assigned by: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296.

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