Genus Sporohalobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
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).
Sporohalobacter Oren et al. 1988, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sporohalobacter lortetii (Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988.
Etymology: Gr. n. spora, seed; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a staff or rod; N.L. masc. n. Sporohalobacter, spore-producing salt rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 24. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 136-137.
Effective publication: OREN (A.), POHLA (H.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Transfer of Clostridium lortetii to a new genus Sporohalobacter gen. nov. as Sporohalobacter lortetii comb. nov. and description of Sporohalobacter marismortui sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1987, 9, 239-246.
Validation List no. 24 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Sporohalobacter lortetii (Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MD-2 = ATCC 35059= DSM 3070.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M59122.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium lortetii Oren 1984.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. lortetii, of Lortet, named after M.L. Lortet, a French microbiologist.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 24. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 136-137.
Effective publication: OREN (A.), POHLA (H.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Transfer of Clostridium lortetii to a new genus Sporohalobacter gen. nov. as Sporohalobacter lortetii comb. nov. and description of Sporohalobacter marismortui sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1987, 9, 239-246.
Validation List no. 24 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Sporohalobacter marismortui Oren et al. 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DY-1 = ATCC 35420= DSM 5156.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X89073.
Etymology: L. gen. n. maris, of the sea; L. adj. mortus, dead: N.L. gen. n. marismortui, of the Dead Sea.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 24. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 136-137.
Effective publication: OREN (A.), POHLA (H.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Transfer of Clostridium lortetii to a new genus Sporohalobacter gen. nov. as Sporohalobacter lortetii comb. nov. and description of Sporohalobacter marismortui sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1987, 9, 239-246.
Validation List no. 24 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Orenia marismortui (Oren et al. 1988) Rainey et al. 1995, comb. nov.
Sporohalobacter salinus Ben Abdallah et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CEJFT1B=DSM 26781=JCM 19279.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ477328.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. salinus, salted, salty.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: BEN ABDALLAH, M., KARRAY, F., MHIRI, N., CAYOL, J.-L., THOLOZAN, J.-L., ALAZARD, D. and SAYADI, S. 2015. Characterization of Sporohalobacter salinus sp. nov., an anaerobic, halophilic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 543-548
Original article in IJSEM Online