Genus Salarchaeum
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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).
Salarchaeum Shimane et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Salarchaeum japonicum Shimane et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt; N.L. neut. n. archaeum (from Gr. adj. archaios, ancient), ancient one, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Salarchaeum, salt-requiring archaeon.
Valid publication: SHIMANE (Y.), HATADA (Y.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), NAGAOKA (S.), MIYAZAKI (M.), OHTA (Y.), MARUYAMA (T.), USAMI (R.), GRANT (W.D.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Salarchaeum japonicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, extremely halophilic member of the Archaea isolated from commercial salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2266-2270.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Salarchaeum japonicum Shimane et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YSM-79 = CECT 7563 = JCM 16327.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB454051.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. japonicum, Japanese, pertaining to Japan, referring to the place of isolation of the type strain.
Valid publication: SHIMANE (Y.), HATADA (Y.), MINEGISHI (H.), ECHIGO (A.), NAGAOKA (S.), MIYAZAKI (M.), OHTA (Y.), MARUYAMA (T.), USAMI (R.), GRANT (W.D.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Salarchaeum japonicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, extremely halophilic member of the Archaea isolated from commercial salt. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2266-2270.
Original article in IJSEM Online