Genus Halofilum
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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").
Halofilum Xia et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halofilum ochraceum Xia et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; L. neut. n. filum, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Halofilum, a salt-loving bacterium with a linear cell.
Valid publication: XIA, J., ZHAO, J. X., SANG, J., CHEN, G. J. and DU, Z. J. 2017. Halofilum ochraceum gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 932-938.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halofilum ochraceum Xia et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XJ16=KCTC 42259=MCCC 1H00120=CICC 23817.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP052777.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: LVEG02000000.
Etymology: L. n. ochra, ochre, yellow ochre; N.L. neut. adj. ochraceum, the colour of ochre.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: XIA, J., ZHAO, J. X., SANG, J., CHEN, G. J. and DU, Z. J. 2017. Halofilum ochraceum gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 932-938.
Original article in IJSEM Online