Genus Halobaculum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Halobaculum Oren et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halobaculum gomorrense Oren et al. 1995.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Hbl. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, sea, salt; L. neut. n. baculum, stick; N.L. neut. n. Halobaculum, salt stick.
Valid publication: OREN (A.), GUREVICH (P.), GEMMELL (R.T.) and TESKE (A.): Halobaculum gomorrense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic archaeon from the Dead Sea. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 747-754.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halobaculum gomorrense Oren et al. 1995, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 700876= DS2807 = DSM 9297 = JCM 9908.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB477982 (rrnA), AB477983 (rrnB).
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. gomorrense, pertaining to Gomorra, a biblical city near the Dead Sea.
Valid publication: OREN (A.), GUREVICH (P.), GEMMELL (R.T.) and TESKE (A.): Halobaculum gomorrense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic archaeon from the Dead Sea. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 747-754.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halobaculum magnesiiphilum Shimoshige et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MGY-184 = JCM 17821 = KCTC 4100.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB627357 (rrnA), AB638780 (rrnB).
Etymology: N.L. n. magnesium, magnesium; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. magnesiiphilum, magnesium-loving.
Valid publication: SHIMOSHIGE (H.), YAMADA (T.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), SHIMANE (Y.), KAMEKURA (M.), ITOH (T.) and USAMI (R.): Halobaculum magnesiiphilum sp. nov., a magnesium-dependent haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 861-866.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halobaculum roseum Chen et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) D90=CGMCC 1.15501=JCM 31273.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX376700.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. roseum, pertaining to rose, a pinkish colour of colonies.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: CHEN, S., XU, Y., LIU, H. C., YANG, A. N. and KE, L. X. 2017. Halobaculum roseum sp. nov., isolated from underground salt deposits. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 818-823.
Original article in IJSEM Online