Name: Halalkaliarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hal.al.ka.li.ar.chae’um. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt of the sea; N.L. neut. n. alkali, from Arabic article al, the and Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort (indeclinable); N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; from Gr. adj. archaîos -a -on, ancient; N.L. neut. n. Halalkaliarchaeum, haloalkaliphilic archaeon

Gender: neuter (stem: Halalkaliarchae-)

Type species: Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum Sorokin et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2662-2673.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sorokin et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Halorubraceae Gupta et al. 2016. Publication: Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2662-2673.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum Sorokin et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Haloferacaceae Gupta et al. 2015

Assigned by: Cui C, Han D, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based classification of the class Halobacteria and description of Haladaptataceae fam. nov. and Halorubellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5984.

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