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Genus Halopenitus

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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).

 

Halopenitus Amoozegar et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halopenitus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2012.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. masc. adj. penitus, inner, interior; N.L. masc. n. Halopenitus, intended to mean an archaeon isolated from an inland salt lake.
Valid publication: AMOOZEGAR (M.A.), MAKHDOUMI-KAKHKI (A.), SHAHZADEH FAZELI (S.A.), AZARBAIJANI (R.) and VENTOSA (A.): Halopenitus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an archaeon from an inland salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1932-1936.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Halopenitus malekzadehii Amoozegar et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC65=IBRC-M 10418=KCTC 4045.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC018183.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. malekzadehii, of Malekzadeh, named after Fereydoon Malekzadeh, a pioneer of microbiological science in Iran, who passed away in September 2012.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Reference: AMOOZEGAR, M. A., MAKHDOUMI-KAKHKI, A., MEHRSHAD, M., FAZELI, S. A. and VENTOSA, A. 2013. Halopenitus malekzadehii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3232-3236.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Halopenitus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DC30 = IBRC 10041 = KCTC 4046.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF979130.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. persicus, of Persia, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: AMOOZEGAR (M.A.), MAKHDOUMI-KAKHKI (A.), SHAHZADEH FAZELI (S.A.), AZARBAIJANI (R.) and VENTOSA (A.): Halopenitus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an archaeon from an inland salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1932-1936.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Halopenitus salinus Han et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SKJ47=CGMCC 1.12229=JCM 18641.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ937363.
Etymology: -.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 161. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 1-4.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: HAN, D., CUI, H. L. and LI, Z. R. 2014. Halopenitus salinus sp. nov., isolated from the brine of salted brown alga Laminaria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 106, 743-749.
Effective publication Online

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