Halarchaeum

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halarchaeum acidiphilum Minegishi et al. 2010.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt, salt water; N.L. neut. n. archaeum (from Gr. adj. archaios -ê -on, ancient), ancient one, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Halarchaeum, a saline archaeon.
Reference: MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), NAGAOKA (S.), KAMEKURA (M.) and USAMI (R.): Halarchaeum acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial solar salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2513-2516.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halarchaeum acidiphilum Minegishi et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MH1-52-1 = CECT 7534 = DSM 22442 = JCM 16109.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB371717.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. acidiphilum, acid-loving.
Reference: MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), NAGAOKA (S.), KAMEKURA (M.) and USAMI (R.): Halarchaeum acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial solar salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2513-2516.
Original article in IJSEM Online