Name: Halosiccatus Mehrshad et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.sic.ca’tus. Gr. gen. masc. n. halos, salt; L. masc. perf. part. siccatus, dried-up; N.L. masc. n. Halosiccatus, organism from dried salt

Gender: masculine (stem: Halosiccat-)

Type species: Halosiccatus urmianus Mehrshad et al. 2016

Valid publication: Mehrshad M, Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi A, Fazeli SAS, Farahani H, Asadi B, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Halosiccatus urmianus gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloarchaeon from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:725-730.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Mehrshad et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Mehrshad M, Amoozegar MA, Makhdoumi A, Fazeli SAS, Farahani H, Asadi B, Schumann P, Ventosa A. Halosiccatus urmianus gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloarchaeon from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:725-730.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002. Publication: Xin YJ, Bao CX, Li SY, Hu XY, Zhu L, Wei W, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based taxonomy of genera Halomicrobium and Halosiccatus, and description of Halomicrobium salinisoli sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126308.
  • 🧔 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.
  • ❗ Halosiccatus 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: CECT: 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
    Halosiccatus urmianus Mehrshad et al. 2016	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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