Genus Rhodohalobacter
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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").
Rhodohalobacter Xia et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodohalobacter halophilus Xia et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; N.L. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Rhodohalobacter, a red halophilic rod.
Valid publication: XIA, J., XIE, Z. H., DUNLAP, C. A., ROONEY, A. P. and DU, Z. J. 2017. Rhodohalobacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic member of the family Balneolaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1281-1287.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Rhodohalobacter Xia et al. 2017 emend. Han et al. 2018.
Reference: HAN, S. B., YU, Y. H., JU, Z., LI, Y., ZHANG, R., HOU, X. J., MA, X. Y., YU, X. Y., SUN, C. and WU, M. 2018. Rhodohalobacter barkolensis sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake and emended description of the genus Rhodohalobacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1949-1954.
Original article.
Rhodohalobacter barkolensis Han et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 15182=KCTC 62172=MCCC 1K03442.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF618255.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: PISP00000000.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. barkolensis, referring to the Barkol lake in China, from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - saline.
Valid publication: HAN, S. B., YU, Y. H., JU, Z., LI, Y., ZHANG, R., HOU, X. J., MA, X. Y., YU, X. Y., SUN, C. and WU, M. 2018. Rhodohalobacter barkolensis sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake and emended description of the genus Rhodohalobacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1949-1954.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Rhodohalobacter halophilus Xia et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JZ3C29=MCCC 1H00131=KCTC 52046=JCM 31413.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU862657.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: MDVE00000000.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: XIA, J., XIE, Z. H., DUNLAP, C. A., ROONEY, A. P. and DU, Z. J. 2017. Rhodohalobacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic member of the family Balneolaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1281-1287.
Original article in IJSEM Online