Genus Haloquadratum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
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).
Haloquadratum Burns et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Haloquadratum walsbyi Burns et al. 2007.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Hqr. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. hals halos, salt; L. neut. n. quadratum, square; N.L. neut. n. Haloquadratum, salt square.
Valid publication: BURNS (D.G.), JANSSEN (P.H.), ITOH (T.), KAMEKURA (M.), LI (Z.), JENSEN (G.), RODRÍGUEZ-VALERA (F.), BOLHUIS (H.) and DYALL-SMITH (M.L.): Haloquadratum walsbyi gen. nov., sp. nov., the square haloarchaeon of Walsby, isolated from saltern crystallizers in Australia and Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 387-392.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the etymology provided in the paper by Burns et al. 2007, the genitive halos is erroneously cited as haloes.
Haloquadratum walsbyi Burns et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) C23 = DSM 16854 = JCM 12705.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY676200.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. walsbyi, of Walsby, named after A. E. Walsby, who first published observations on this organism.
Valid publication: BURNS (D.G.), JANSSEN (P.H.), ITOH (T.), KAMEKURA (M.), LI (Z.), JENSEN (G.), RODRÍGUEZ-VALERA (F.), BOLHUIS (H.) and DYALL-SMITH (M.L.): Haloquadratum walsbyi gen. nov., sp. nov., the square haloarchaeon of Walsby, isolated from saltern crystallizers in Australia and Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 387-392.
Original article in IJSEM Online