Name: Halobacteroides Oren et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. hals, halos, salt; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a staff or rod; L. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. suff. eides; from Gr. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. masc. n. Halobacteroides, rod-like salt organism

Type species: Halobacteroides halobius Oren et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Oren A, Weisburg WG, Kessel M, Woese CR. Halobacteroides halobius gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic anaerobic bacterium from the bottom sediments of the Dead Sea. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:58-69.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Halobacteroidaceae Zhilina and Rainey 1995. Publication: Rainey FA, Zhilina TN, Boulygina ES, Stackebrandt E, Tourova TP, Zavarzin GA. The taxonomic status of the fermentative halophilic anaerobic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe 1995; 1:185-199.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halobacteroides acetoethylicus Rengpipat et al. 1989	validly published	synonym
    Halobacteroides elegans Zhilina et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Halobacteroides halobius Oren et al. 1984	validly published	correct name
    Halobacteroides lacunaris Zhilina et al. 1992	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Halobacteroidaceae Zhilina and Rainey 1995

Assigned by: Rainey FA, Zhilina TN, Boulygina ES, Stackebrandt E, Tourova TP, Zavarzin GA. The taxonomic status of the fermentative halophilic anaerobic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe 1995; 1:185-199.

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