Name: Halodesulfurarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.de.sul.fur.ar.chae.um. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt of the sea; L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; from Gr. adj. archaîos -a -on, ancient; N.L. neut. n. Halodesulfurarchaeum, sulfur-reducing haloarchaeon

Gender: neuter (stem: Halodesulfurarchae-)

Type species: Halodesulfurarchaeum formicicum Sorokin et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Messina E, Smedile F, Roman P, Damste JSS, Ciordia S, Mena MC, Ferrer M, Golyshin PN, Kublanov IV, et al. Discovery of anaerobic lithoheterotrophic haloarchaea, ubiquitous in hypersaline habitats. ISME J 2017; 11:1245-1260.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2024. Publication: Cui HL, Hou J, Amoozegar MA, Dyall-Smith ML, de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Oren A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6290.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, 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, 26 June 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3657-3661.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Oren A, 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, 11 July 2017, Valencia, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4279-4283.
  • 🎰 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
    Halodesulfurarchaeum formicicum Sorokin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Messina E, Smedile F, Roman P, Damste JSS, Ciordia S, Mena MC, Ferrer M, Golyshin PN, Kublanov IV, et al. Discovery of anaerobic lithoheterotrophic haloarchaea, ubiquitous in hypersaline habitats. ISME J 2017; 11:1245-1260.

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