Genus Halostella
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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").
Halostella Song et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halostella salina Song et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; L. fem. n. stella, star; N.L. fem. n. Halostella, salt star.
Valid publication: SONG, H. S., CHA, I. T., RHEE, J. K., YIM, K. J., KIM, A. Y., CHOI, J. S., BAEK, S. J., SEO, M. J., PARK, S. J., NAM, Y. D. and ROH, S. W. 2016. Halostella salina gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from solar salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2740-2746.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halostella salina Song et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CBA1114=JCM 30111=KCTC 4206.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM068159.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. salina, salted, saline.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: SONG, H. S., CHA, I. T., RHEE, J. K., YIM, K. J., KIM, A. Y., CHOI, J. S., BAEK, S. J., SEO, M. J., PARK, S. J., NAM, Y. D. and ROH, S. W. 2016. Halostella salina gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from solar salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2740-2746.
Original article in IJSEM Online