Halospina

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

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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").

Halospina Sorokin et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halospina denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2006.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. fem. n. spina, spine; N.L. fem. n. Halospina, a salt (loving) spine (long thin rod).
Reference: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), GALINSKI (E.A.), BELLOCH (C.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Extremely halophilic denitrifying bacteria from hypersaline inland lakes, Halovibrio denitrificans sp. nov. and Halospina denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., and evidence that the genus name Halovibrio Fendrich 1989 with the type species Halovibrio variabilis should be associated with DSM 3050. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 379-388.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The Latin noun spina is in the feminine gender and the genus name Halospina must be in the feminine gender, not in the masculine gender as cited in the paper by Sorokin et al. 2006 [see, Rule 65(2)].
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 923.

Further concise information (in French)

Halospina denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HGD 1-3 = DSM 15505 = UNIQEM U233.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ072719.
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Reference: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), GALINSKI (E.A.), BELLOCH (C.) and TINDALL (B.J.): Extremely halophilic denitrifying bacteria from hypersaline inland lakes, Halovibrio denitrificans sp. nov. and Halospina denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., and evidence that the genus name Halovibrio Fendrich 1989 with the type species Halovibrio variabilis should be associated with DSM 3050. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 379-388.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)