Genus Halocella
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Halocella Simankova et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halocella cellulosilytica corrig. Simankova et al. 1994.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. fem. n. cella, a store-room and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Halocella, salt cell.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 48. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 182-183.
Effective publication: SIMANKOVA (M.V.), CHERNYCH (N.A.), OSIPOV (G.A.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Halocella cellulolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, halophilic, cellulolytic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 385-389.
Validation List no. 48 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Halocella cellulosilytica corrig. Simankova et al. 1994, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Z-10151 = ATCC 700086= DSM 7362.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X89072.
Etymology: N.L. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lutikê), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. cellulosilytica, organism which dissolves cellulose.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 48. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 182-183.
Effective publication: SIMANKOVA (M.V.), CHERNYCH (N.A.), OSIPOV (G.A.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Halocella cellulolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, halophilic, cellulolytic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 385-389.
Validation List no. 48 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, cellulolytica (sic), has been corrected by Oren 2000.
Reference: OREN (A.): Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order Halanaerobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000, 50, 2229-2230.
Original article in IJSEM Online