Genus Halopeptonella

Name: Halopeptonella Menes et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.pep.to.nel’la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. neut. n. peptonum, peptone; L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Halopeptonella, a halophilic bacterium that grows solely with peptone

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Halopeptonell-), ha-lo-pep-to-NEL-la

Type species: Halopeptonella vilamensis Menes et al. 2016

Effective publication: Menes RJ, Viera CE, Farias ME, Seufferheld MJ. Halopeptonella vilamensis gen. nov, sp. nov., a halophilic strictly aerobic bacterium of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2016; 20:19-25. 🇺🇾

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spiribacter León et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spiribacter León et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Spiribacter León et al. 2014. Publication: Leon MJ, Galisteo C, Ventosa A, Sanchez-Porro C. Spiribacter aquaticus Leon et al. 2017 is a later heterotypic synonym of Spiribacter roseus Leon et al. 2016. Reclassification of Halopeptonella vilamensis Menes et al. 2016 as Spiribacter vilamensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2873-2878. 🇪🇸
  • ❗ Halopeptonella 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02549 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Halopeptonella vilamensis Menes et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

Assigned by: Menes RJ, Viera CE, Farias ME, Seufferheld MJ. Halopeptonella vilamensis gen. nov, sp. nov., a halophilic strictly aerobic bacterium of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2016; 20:19-25. 🇺🇾

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