Genus Halocalculus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Halocalculus Minegishi et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halocalculus aciditolerans Minegishi et al. 2015.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, the sea, salt; L. masc. n. calculus, pebble, gravel; N.L. masc. n. Halocalculus, salt (-requiring), pebble-shaped archaeon.
Valid publication: MINEGISHI, H., ECHIGO, A., KUWAHARA, A., SHIMANE, Y., KAMEKURA, M., ITOH, T., OHKUMA, M. and USAMI, R. 2015. Halocalculus aciditolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an acid-tolerant haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1640-1645.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halocalculus aciditolerans Minegishi et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MH2-243-1=JCM 19596=KCTC 4149.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB844670.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. aciditolerans, acid-tolerating.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: MINEGISHI, H., ECHIGO, A., KUWAHARA, A., SHIMANE, Y., KAMEKURA, M., ITOH, T., OHKUMA, M. and USAMI, R. 2015. Halocalculus aciditolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an acid-tolerant haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1640-1645.
Original article in IJSEM Online