Genus Halalkalirubrum

Name: Halalkalirubrum Zuo et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Hal.al.ka.li.ru’brum. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); L. neut. adj. rubrum, red; N.L. neut. n. Halalkalirubrum, red organism existing in salted and alkaline environment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Halalkalirubr-), hal-al-ka-li-RU-brum

Type species: Halalkalirubrum salinum Zuo et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zuo Z, Zhao D, Zhou J, Han J, Xiang H. Halalkalirubrum salinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:83-94. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 207. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5517.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Zuo et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Halorubraceae Gupta et al. 2016. Publication: Zuo Z, Zhao D, Zhou J, Han J, Xiang H. Halalkalirubrum salinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:83-94. 🇨🇳
  • 🧔 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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, 25 November 2025, Oaxaca, Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7065. 🇮🇱
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; CGMCC: 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
    Halalkalirubrum salinum Zuo et al. 2022	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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