Genus Halarchaeum
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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
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.
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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.
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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
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
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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