Genus Halopolyspora
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Halopolyspora Lai et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halopolyspora alba Lai et al. 2014.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, salt; Gr. adj. polus, many; Gr. fem. n. spora, seed and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Halopolyspora, saline many-spored bacteria.
Valid publication: LAI, H., WEI, X., JIANG, Y., CHEN, X., LI, Q., JIANG, Y., JIANG, C. and GILLERMAN, L. 2014. Halopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2775-2780.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopolyspora alba Lai et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AFM 10251=DSM 45976=CGMCC 4.7114.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF022042.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. alba, white.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LAI, H., WEI, X., JIANG, Y., CHEN, X., LI, Q., JIANG, Y., JIANG, C. and GILLERMAN, L. 2014. Halopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2775-2780.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halopolyspora algeriensis Lai et al. 2017, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H195=DSM 46680=CECT 8575.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ574202.
Basonym: ¤ Mzabimyces algeriensis Saker et al. 2015.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. algeriensis, pertaining to Algeria, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: LAI, H., JIANG, Y., SAKER, R., CHEN, X., BOURAS, N., KLENK, H. P., WEI, X., JIANG, Y. and SABAOU, N. 2017. Reclassification of Mzabimyces algeriensis Saker et al. 2015 as Halopolyspora algeriensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2787-2790.
Original article in IJSEM Online