Genus Halogeometricum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).
Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halogeometricum borinquense Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Hgm. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, the sea, salt; L. neut. adj. geometricum, geometrical; N.L. neut. n. Halogeometricum, salty geometrical shape.
Valid publication: MONTALVO-RODRÍGUEZ (R.), VREELAND (R.H.), OREN (A.), KESSEL (M.), BETANCOURT (C.) and LÓPEZ-GARRIGA (J.): Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1305-1312.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998 emend. Cui et al. 2010.
Reference: CUI (H.L.), YANG (X.), GAO (X.), LI (X.Y.), XU (X.W.), ZHOU (Y.G.), LIU (H.C.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Halogeometricum rufum sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halogeometricum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2613-2617.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halogeometricum borinquense Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PR 3 = ATCC 700274= DSM 11551 = JCM 10706.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF002984, CP001690 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. borinquense, of Borinquen, the native Indian name for Puerto Rico.
Valid publication: MONTALVO-RODRÍGUEZ (R.), VREELAND (R.H.), OREN (A.), KESSEL (M.), BETANCOURT (C.) and LÓPEZ-GARRIGA (J.): Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1305-1312.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halogeometricum limi (Cui et al. 2010) Qiu et al. 2013, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RO1-6=CGMCC 1.8711=JCM 16054.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU931577.
Basonym: ¤ Halosarcina limi Cui et al. 2010
Etymology: L. gen. n. limi, of/from mud.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: QIU, X.-X., ZHAO, M.-L., HAN, D., ZHANG, W.-J., DYALL-SMITH, M. L. and CUI, H.-L. 2013. Taxonomic study of the genera Halogeometricum and Halosarcina: transfer of Halosarcina limi and Halosarcina pallida to the genus Halogeometricum as Halogeometricum limi comb. nov. and Halogeometricum pallidum comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3915-3919.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halogeometricum pallidum (Savage et al. 2008) Qiu et al. 2013, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BZ256=KCTC 4017=JCM 14848.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM185493.
Basonym: ¤ Halosarcina pallida Savage et al. 2008
Etymology: L. neut. adj. pallidum, pale.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: QIU, X.-X., ZHAO, M.-L., HAN, D., ZHANG, W.-J., DYALL-SMITH, M. L. and CUI, H.-L. 2013. Taxonomic study of the genera Halogeometricum and Halosarcina: transfer of Halosarcina limi and Halosarcina pallida to the genus Halogeometricum as Halogeometricum limi comb. nov. and Halogeometricum pallidum comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3915-3919.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RO1-4 = CGMCC 1.7736 = JCM 15770.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU887286.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. rufum, red.
Valid publication: CUI (H.L.), YANG (X.), GAO (X.), LI (X.Y.), XU (X.W.), ZHOU (Y.G.), LIU (H.C.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Halogeometricum rufum sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halogeometricum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2613-2617.
Original article in IJSEM Online