Name: Salinisphaera shabanensis Antunes et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sha.ba.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. shabanensis, from Shaban, referring to Shaban Deep, the place of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 14853; E1L3A; JCM 11575

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ421425 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Antunes A, Eder W, Fareleira P, Santos H, Huber R. Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea. Extremophiles 2003; 7:29-34.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 93. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1219-1220.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003. Publication: Antunes A, Eder W, Fareleira P, Santos H, Huber R. Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea. Extremophiles 2003; 7:29-34.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Salinisphaera Antunes et al. 2003

Assigned by: Antunes A, Eder W, Fareleira P, Santos H, Huber R. Salinisphaera shabanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, moderately halophilic bacterium from the brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea. Extremophiles 2003; 7:29-34.

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