Genus Halostagnicola
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Halostagnicola Castillo et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halostagnicola larsenii Castillo et al. 2006.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Hst. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. neut. n. stagnum, a piece of standing water, pond, lake; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. fem. n. Halostagnicola, a dweller of a saline lake.
Valid publication: CASTILLO (A.M.), GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), KAMEKURA (M.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Halostagnicola larsenii gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1519-1524.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halostagnicola alkaliphila Nagaoka et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 167-74 = CECT 7631 = JCM 16592.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB533255.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort) alkali; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend to, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliphila, loving alkaline conditions.
Valid publication: NAGAOKA (S.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), SHIMANE (Y.), KAMEKURA (M.) and USAMI (R.): Halostagnicola alkaliphila sp. nov., an alkaliphilic haloarchaeon from commercial rock salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1149-1152.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halostagnicola bangensis Corral et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T26=CECT 8219=IBRC-M 10759=JCM 18750.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HF544345.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. bangensis, pertaining to Bange, Tibetan soda lake in China, from which the strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: CORRAL, P., CORCELLI, A. and VENTOSA, A. 2015. Halostagnicola bangensis sp. nov., an alkaliphilic haloarchaeon from a soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 754-759.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halostagnicola kamekurae Nagaoka et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 194-10 = CECT 7536 = DSM 22427 = JCM 16110.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB489220.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. kamekurae, of Kamekura, named after the Japanese microbiologist Masahiro Kamekura, who contributed to the study of haloarchaea.
Valid publication: NAGAOKA (S.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.) and USAMI (R.): Halostagnicola kamekurae sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from solar salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2828-2831.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halostagnicola larsenii Castillo et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XH-48 = CECT 7116 = CGMCC 1.5338 = DSM 17691 = JCM 13463.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM117571.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. larsenii, of Larsen, named for the Norwegian microbiologist H. Larsen, one of the pioneers in the study of haloarchaea.
Valid publication: CASTILLO (A.M.), GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), KAMEKURA (M.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Halostagnicola larsenii gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1519-1524.
Original article in IJSEM Online