Genus Halopelagius
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
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).
Halopelagius Cui et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halopelagius inordinatus Cui et al. 2010.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. masc. adj. pelagius, of or pertaining to the sea; N.L. masc. n. Halopelagius, salt organism from the sea.
Valid publication: CUI (H.L.), LI (X.Y.), GAO (X.), XU (X.W.), ZHOU (Y.G.), LIU (H.C.), OREN (A.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Halopelagius inordinatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2089-2093.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Halopelagius Cui et al. 2010 emend. Zhang et al. 2013.
Reference: ZHANG, X., ZHANG, W.-Y., SHEN, A.-H., HUO, Y.-Y., ZHU, X.-F. and WU, M. 2013. Halopelagius longus sp. nov., a member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from a salt mine, and emended description of the genus Halopelagius. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3585-3590.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopelagius fulvigenes Liu et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 94188 = CCTCC AB 2010456 = JCM 17506.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ996497.
Etymology: L. adj. fulvus, deep-yellow, tawny, brown; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaio, to produce), producing; N.L. part. adj. fulvigenes, brown-pigment-producing.
Valid publication: LIU (B.B.), TANG (S.K.), CUI (H.L.), ZHANG (Y.G.), LI (L.), ZHANG (Y.M.), ZHANG (L.L.) and LI (W.J.): Halopelagius fulvigenes sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2192-2196.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopelagius inordinatus Cui et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RO5-2 = CGMCC 1.7739 = JCM 15773.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU887284.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. inordinatus, not arranged, irregular.
Valid publication: CUI (H.L.), LI (X.Y.), GAO (X.), XU (X.W.), ZHOU (Y.G.), LIU (H.C.), OREN (A.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Halopelagius inordinatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2089-2093.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopelagius longus Zhang et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BC12-B1=CGMCC 1.12397=JCM 18758.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX518988.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. longus, long, extended, referring to the production of long rods in liquid medium.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: ZHANG, X., ZHANG, W.-Y., SHEN, A.-H., HUO, Y.-Y., ZHU, X.-F. and WU, M. 2013. Halopelagius longus sp. nov., a member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from a salt mine, and emended description of the genus Halopelagius. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3585-3590.
Original article in IJSEM Online