Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2014) 105:135–141 DOI 10.1007/s10482-013-0061-8

Subsequent to the publication of the above paper it has been brought to our attention that the name proposed for the taxon represented by strains XD46T, YJ-63-S1 and ZS-1-H is not grammatically correct as “Salinarubrum” should have been proposed as Salinirubrum. We here propose the corrected name for the taxon represented by strain XD46T.

Description of Salinirubrum gen. nov.

Salinirubrum (Sa.li.ni.ru’brum. L. fem. pl. n. salinae salterns, salt works; L. neut. adj. rubrum red; M.L. neut. n. Salinirubrum the red archaeon from salt works).

The description of the genus is as given for Salinarubrum in Cui and Qiu (2014) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 105:135–141.

The type species is Salinirubrum litoreum.

Description of Salinirubrum litoreum

Salinirubrum litoreum (li.to’re.um. L. neut. adj. litoreum, of or belonging to the sea-shore).

The description of the species is as given for Salinarubrum litoreum in Cui and Qiu (2014) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 105:135–141. The type strain is XD46T (=CGMCC 1.12237T = JCM 18649T).