Name: Haloactinomyces Lai et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.ac.ti.no.my’ces. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), a ray; Gr. masc. n. mykês, fungus; N.L. masc. n. Haloactinomyces, salt-loving ray fungus, referring to a halophilic actinomycete

Gender: masculine

Type species: Haloactinomyces albus Lai et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai H, Jiang Y, Chen X, Li Q, Jiang C, Jiang Y, Wei X. Haloactinomyces albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Dead Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1163-1168.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Teo et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989. Publication: Teo WFA, Tan GYA, Li WJ. Taxonomic note on the family Pseudonocardiaceae based on phylogenomic analysis and descriptions of Allosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. and Halosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5075.

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
    Haloactinomyces albus Lai et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinopolysporaceae Zhi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Lai H, Jiang Y, Chen X, Li Q, Jiang C, Jiang Y, Wei X. Haloactinomyces albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Dead Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1163-1168.

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