Genus Haloterrigena
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 10
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).
Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Haloterrigena turkmenica (Zvyagintseva and Tarasov 1989) Ventosa et al. 1999.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Htg. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, the sea, salt; L. fem. n. terrigena, born from the earth; N.L. fem. n. Haloterrigena, salt (-requiring) and born from the earth.
Valid publication: VENTOSA (A.), GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), KAMEKURA (M.) and DYALL-SMITH (M.L.): Proposal to transfer Halococcus turkmenicus, Halobacterium trapanicum JCM 9743 and strain GSL-11 to Haloterrigena turkmenica gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 131-136.
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→ Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999 emend. Oren et al. 2009.
Reference: OREN (A.), ARAHAL (D.R.) and VENTOSA (A.): Emended descriptions of genera of the family Halobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 637-642.
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Note: According to Minegishi et al. (2010), the genera Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999 and ¤ Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998 might constitute a single genus.
Reference: MINEGISHI (H.), KAMEKURA (M.), ITOH (T.), ECHIGO (A.), USAMI (R.) and HASHIMOTO (T.): Further refinement of the phylogeny of the Halobacteriaceae based on the full-length RNA polymerase subunit B’ (rpoB’) gene. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2398-2408.
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Haloterrigena daqingensis Wang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JX313 = CGMCC 1.8909 = NBRC 105739.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ545273.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. daqingensis, pertaining to Daqing, north-east China, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: WANG (S.), YANG (Q.), LIU (Z.H.), SUN (L.), WEI (D.), ZHANG (J.Z.), SONG (J.Z.) and YUAN (H.F.): Haloterrigena daqingensis sp. nov., an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from a saline–alkaline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2267-2271.
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Haloterrigena hispanica Romano et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FP1 = ATCC BAA-1310 = DSM 18328.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM285297.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. hispanica, of Hispania, from where the organism was originally isolated.
Valid publication: ROMANO (I.), POLI (A.), FINORE (I.), HUERTAS (F.J.), GAMBACORTA (A.), PELLICCIONE (S.), NICOLAUS (G.), LAMA (L.) and NICOLAUS (B.): Haloterrigena hispanica sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Fuente de Piedra, southern Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1499-1503.
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Haloterrigena jeotgali Roh et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A29 = CECT 7218 = DSM 18794 = JCM 14585 = KCTC 4020.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF077633.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood.
Valid publication: ROH (S.W.), NAM (Y.D.), CHANG (H.W.), KIM (K.H.), SUNG (Y.), KIM (M.S.), OH (H.M.) and BAE (J.W.): Haloterrigena jeotgali sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from salt-fermented food. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2359-2363.
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Haloterrigena limicola Cui et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AX-7 = CGMCC 1.5333 = JCM 13563.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ367241.
Etymology: L. n. limus, mud; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), dweller; N.L. n. limicola, mud-dweller.
Valid publication: CUI (H.L.), TOHTY (D.), ZHOU (P.J.) and LIU (S.J.): Haloterrigena longa sp. nov. and Haloterrigena limicola sp. nov., extremely halophilic archaea isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1837-1840.
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Haloterrigena longa Cui et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ABH32 = CGMCC 1.5334 = JCM 13562.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ367242.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. longa, long, referring to the production of long rods in liquid medium.
Valid publication: CUI (H.L.), TOHTY (D.), ZHOU (P.J.) and LIU (S.J.): Haloterrigena longa sp. nov. and Haloterrigena limicola sp. nov., extremely halophilic archaea isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1837-1840.
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Haloterrigena mahii Ding et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H13=BCRC 910151=NBRC 111885.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY349160.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: JHUT02000000.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. mahii, of Mah, in honour of R. A. Mah at UCLA for his noteworthy research in the areas of archaea isolation and classification, and also for initiating the solar saltern sampling in this study.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: DING, J. Y., CHEN, S. C., LAI, M. C. and LIAO, T. L. 2017. Haloterrigena mahii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1333-1338.
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Haloterrigena saccharevitans Xu et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AB14 = AS 1.3730 = JCM 12889.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY820137.
Etymology: L. n. saccharon -i, a kind of sugar; L. part. adj. evitans, avoiding; N.L. part. adj. saccharevitans, sugar-avoiding, because it uses very few sugars.
Valid publication: XU (X.W.), LIU (S.J.), TOHTY (D.), OREN (A.), WU (M.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Xin-Jiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2539-2542.
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Haloterrigena salina Gutiérrez et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XH-65 = CGMCC 1.6203 = JCM 13891.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM942763.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. salina, salted, saline.
Valid publication: GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), CASTILLO (A.M.), KAMEKURA (M.) and VENTOSA (A.): Haloterrigena salina sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2880-2884.
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Haloterrigena thermotolerans Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PR5 = ATCC 700275= DSM 11552 = JCM 11050 = NBRC 102635.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF115478.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, heat tolerating.
Valid publication: MONTALVO-RODRÍGUEZ (R.), LÓPEZ-GARRIGA (J.), VREELAND (R.H.), OREN (A.), VENTOSA (A.) and KAMEKURA (M.): Haloterrigena thermotolerans sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1065-1071.
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Haloterrigena turkmenica (Zvyagintseva and Tarasov 1989) Ventosa et al. 1999, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 4k = ATCC 51198= CIP 106419 = DSM 5511 = JCM 9101 = NCIMB 13204 = VKM B-1734.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001860 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Halococcus turkmenicus Zvyagintseva and Tarasov 1989.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. turkmenica, of Turkmen (Turkmenistan), from where the bacterium was originally isolated.
Valid publication: VENTOSA (A.), GUTIÉRREZ (M.C.), KAMEKURA (M.) and DYALL-SMITH (M.L.): Proposal to transfer Halococcus turkmenicus, Halobacterium trapanicum JCM 9743 and strain GSL-11 to Haloterrigena turkmenica gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 131-136.
Original article in IJSEM Online