Genus Halopiger
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
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).
Halopiger Gutiérrez et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halopiger xanaduensis Gutiérrez et al. 2007.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Hpg. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. masc. adj. piger, lazy; N.L. masc. n. Halopiger, lazy halophile, referring to the slow growth under laboratory conditions.
Valid publication: GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), CASTILLO (A.M.), KAMEKURA (M.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Halopiger xanaduensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1402-1407.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopiger aswanensis Hezayen et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 56 = DSM 13151 = JCM 11628.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF333759.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. aswanensis, of or belonging to Aswan, isolated from a hypersaline soil in Aswan, Egypt.
Valid publication: HEZAYEN (F.F.), GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), STEINBÜCHEL (A.), TINDALL (B.J.) and REHM (B.H.A.): Halopiger aswanensis sp. nov., a polymer-producing and extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from hypersaline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 633-637.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopiger djelfimassiliensis corrig. Hassani et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IIH2=CSUR P3035=DSM 27506.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC430939.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CBMA010000001.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Djelfa the Algerian region where the strain was isolated; L. masc. adj. massiliensis, pertaining to Massilia , the Latin name of Marseille; N.L. masc. adj. djelfimassiliensis pertaining to Djelfa where the type strain was isolated and Marseille where the strain was sequenced.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 4299–4305.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Hassani, I. I., Robert, C., Michelle, C., Raoult, D., Hacène, H. and Desnues, C. 2013. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Halopiger djelfamassiliensis sp. nov. Stand. Genomic Sci. 9, 160-174.
Effective publication Online
Note: Epithet corrected on validation.
Halopiger goleimassiliensis corrig. Hassani et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IIH3=CSUR P3036=DSM 27562.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC430940.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CBMB010000001.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. golea, El Golea, the Algerian region where the strain was isolated; L. masc. adj. massiliensis, pertaining to Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille; N.L. masc. adj. goleimassiliensis pertaining to El Golea where the type strain was isolated and Marseille where the strain was sequenced.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 4299–4305.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Hassani, I. I., Robert, C., Michelle, C., Raoult, D., Hacène, H. and Desnues, C. 2014. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Halopiger goleamassiliensis sp. nov. Stand. Genomic Sci. 9, 956-969.
Effective publication Online
Note: Epithet corrected on validation.
Halopiger salifodinae Zhang et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KCY07-B2=JCM 18547=CGMCC 1.12284.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX014296.
Etymology: L. gen. n. salifodinae, of a saltpit, salt mine.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: ZHANG, W. Y., MENG, Y., ZHU, X. F. and WU, M. 2013. Halopiger salifodinae sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt mine. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3563-3567.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopiger thermotolerans Minegishi et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SR-441=JCM 19583=KCTC 4248.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB844674.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: Gr. n. therme, heat; tolerans L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, heat-tolerant.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: MINEGISHI, H., SHIMOGAKI, R., ENOMOTO, S., ECHIGO, A., KONDO, Y., NAGAOKA, S., SHIMANE, Y., KAMEKURA, M., ITOH, T., OHKUMA, M., NUNOURA, T., TAKAI, K. and USAMI, R. 2016. Halopiger thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermo-tolerant haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4975-4980.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SH-6 = CECT 7173 = CGMCC 1.6379 = JCM 14033.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM268114, CP002839 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. xanaduensis, referring to Xanadu, the lost city of Kublai Khan, located in Inner Mongolia, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), CASTILLO (A.M.), KAMEKURA (M.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Halopiger xanaduensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1402-1407.
Original article in IJSEM Online