Genus Halobium
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: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Halobium Mori et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halobium palmae Mori et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; Gr. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Halobium, halophilic organism.
Valid publication: MORI, K., NURCAHYANTO, D. A., KAWASAKI, H., LISDIYANTI, P., YOPI and SUZUKI, K. I. 2016. Halobium palmae gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3799-3804.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halobium palmae Mori et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2a_47_2=NBRC 111368=InaCC Ar34.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC109314.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. fem. gen. n. palmae, of a palm tree.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: MORI, K., NURCAHYANTO, D. A., KAWASAKI, H., LISDIYANTI, P., YOPI and SUZUKI, K. I. 2016. Halobium palmae gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3799-3804.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halobium salinum Li et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YJ-8-S=CGMCC 1.12553=JCM 30029.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC918818.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. salinum, saline..
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 181. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68 (2018), 1411-1417.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: LI, Y., ZHOU, Y., LU, Z. Z. and CUI, H. L. 2018. Halobium salinum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Curr. Microbiol., 75, 6-10.
Effective publication Online