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Genus Halarchaeum

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, 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.
Valid publication: 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

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Halarchaeum acidiphilum Minegishi et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MH1-52-1 = CECT 7534 = DSM 22442 = JCM 16109.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for 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.
Valid publication: 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

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Halarchaeum grantii Shimane et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MH1-243-3=JCM 19585=KCTC 4142.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB698662.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. grantii, of Grant, named after the microbiologist William D. Grant for his great contribution to the study of Halobacteria.
Source: Food.
Valid publication: SHIMANE, Y., MINEGISHI, H., ECHIGO, A., KAMEKURA, M., ITOH, T., OHKUMA, M., TSUBOUCHI, T., USUI, K., MARUYAMA, T., USAMI, R. and HATADA, Y. 2015. Halarchaeum grantii sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from a commercial salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3830-3835.
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Halarchaeum nitratireducens Minegishi et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MH1-136-2=JCM 16331=CECT 7573.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB372515.
Etymology: N.L. n. nitras -atis, nitrate; L. part. adj. reducens, leading back, bringing back and (in chemistry) converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducens, nitrate-reducing.
Source: Food.
Valid publication: MINEGISHI, H., YAMAUCHI, Y., ECHIGO, A., SHIMANE, Y., KAMEKURA, M., ITOH, T., OHKUMA, M. and USAMI, R. 2013. Halarchaeum nitratireducens sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial sea salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4202-4206.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Halarchaeum rubridurum Yamauchi et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MH1-16-3=JCM 16108=CECT 7535.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB372513.2.
Etymology: L. adj. ruber, red; -i, connecting vowel; L. adj. durus hard, tough; M.L. adj. rubridurum red-hard.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: YAMAUCHI, Y., MINEGISHI, H., ECHIGO, A., SHIMANE, Y., KAMEKURA, M., ITOH, T., OHKUMA, M., DOUKYU, N., INOUE, A. and USAMI, R. 2013. Halarchaeum rubridurum sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial sea salt samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3143-3147.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Halarchaeum salinum Yamauchi et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MH1-34-1 = CECT 7574 = JCM 16330.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB372514.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. salinum, salted, saline.
Valid publication: YAMAUCHI (Y.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), SHIMANE (Y.), SHIMOSHIGE (H.), KAMEKURA (M.), ITOH (T.), DOUKYU (N.), INOUE (A.) and USAMI (R.): Halarchaeum salinum sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial sea salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1138-1142.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Halarchaeum solikamskense Saralov et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RS94=VKPM B-11282=DSM 26612.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN227878.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. solikamskense, from the town Solikamsk.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 1-5.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: SARALOV, A. I., BASLEROV, R. V., REUTSKIKH, E. M. and KUZNETSOV, B. B. 2012. Halarchaeum solikamskense sp. nov., a thermotolerant neutrophilic haloarchaeonfrom the foamy products of flotation enrichment of potassium minerals. Mikrobiologiia, 81, 638-644.
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