Halogeometricum

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Halogeometricum

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halogeometricum borinquense Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Hgm. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, the sea, salt; L. neut. adj. geometricum, geometrical; N.L. neut. n. Halogeometricum, salty geometrical shape.
Reference: MONTALVO-RODRÍGUEZ (R.), VREELAND (R.H.), OREN (A.), KESSEL (M.), BETANCOURT (C.) and LÓPEZ-GARRIGA (J.): Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1305-1312.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998 emend. Cui et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Halogeometricum borinquense Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, the sea, salt; L. neut. adj. geometricum, geometrical; N.L. neut. n. Halogeometricum, salty geometrical shape.
Reference: CUI (H.L.), YANG (X.), GAO (X.), LI (X.Y.), XU (X.W.), ZHOU (Y.G.), LIU (H.C.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Halogeometricum rufum sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halogeometricum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2613-2617.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halogeometricum borinquense Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain PR 3 = ATCC 700274 = DSM 11551 = JCM 10706.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF002984, CP001690 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. borinquense, of Borinquen, the native Indian name for Puerto Rico.
Reference: MONTALVO-RODRÍGUEZ (R.), VREELAND (R.H.), OREN (A.), KESSEL (M.), BETANCOURT (C.) and LÓPEZ-GARRIGA (J.): Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1305-1312.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halogeometricum rufum Cui et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RO1-4 = CGMCC 1.7736 = JCM 15770.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU887286.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. rufum, red.
Reference: CUI (H.L.), YANG (X.), GAO (X.), LI (X.Y.), XU (X.W.), ZHOU (Y.G.), LIU (H.C.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Halogeometricum rufum sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halogeometricum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2613-2617.
Original article in IJSEM Online