Name: Halopenitus Amoozegar et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.pe’ni.tus Gr. masc. n. hals, halos salt; L. masc. adj. penitus, inner, interior; N.L. masc. n. Halopenitus, intended to mean an archaeon isolated from an inland salt lake

Type species: Halopenitus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2012

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Shahzadeh Fazeli SA, Azarbaijani R, Ventosa A. Halopenitus persicus gen. nov., sp. nov., an archaeon from an inland salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1932-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halopenitus malekzadehii Amoozegar et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Halopenitus persicus Amoozegar et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Halopenitus salinus Han et al. 2015	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Halorubraceae 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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