Name: Halomicroarcula Echigo et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.mi.cro.ar’cu.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); L. fem. dim. n. arcula, a box; N.L. fem. dim. n. Halomicroarcula, salt small box

Gender: feminine (stem: Halomicroarcul-)

Type species: Halomicroarcula pellucida Echigo et al. 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Echigo A, Minegishi H, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Usami R. Halomicroarcula pellucida gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-pigmented, transparent-colony-forming, halophilic archaeon isolated from solar salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3556-3562.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Haloarcula" Javor et al. 1982	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Zhang and Cui 2014 Zhang WJ, Cui HL. Halomicroarcula limicola sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halomicroarcula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1747-1751. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986. Publication: Ma X, Hu Y, Li XX, Tan S, Cheng M, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based taxonomy of genera Haloarcula and Halomicroarcula, and description of six novel species of Haloarcula. Extremophiles 2024; 28:10.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Haomicroarcula".
  • 🖹 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, 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, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 23 May 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4291-4295.
  • 🧔 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 Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae: minutes of the joint open meeting, 31 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3915-3918.
  • 🧔 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 Halomonadaceae: minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3914.
  • 🧔 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 Halobacteriaceae: minutes of the closed meeting, 31 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3913.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ma et al. (2024), Strakova et al. (2024), Zhang and Cui (2015). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ❗ Halomicroarcula is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 7; CGMCC: 6; CECT: 6; CCM: 5; NBRC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halomicroarcula amylolytica Chen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula laminariae Ma et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula limicola Zhang and Cui 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula marina Ma et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula nitratireducens Durán-Viseras et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula onubensis Straková et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula pellucida Echigo et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula rubra Durán-Viseras et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Halomicroarcula salaria" Hong et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Halomicroarcula salina Zhang and Cui 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula salinisoli Durán-Viseras et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Halomicroarcula saliterrae Straková et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:565-587.

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