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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Halotolerantifilum

Name: Halotolerantifilum Fisher et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.to.le.ran.ti.fi’lum. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; L. neut. n. filum, thread, filament; N.L. neut. n. Halotolerantifilum, a long, salt-tolerant rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Halotolerantifil-), ha-lo-to-le-ran-ti-FI-lum

Type species: Halotolerantifilum yawarlongkerapense Fisher et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fisher LA, Dangre SR, McKaig JM, Lawson PA, Inman BG, Odenheimer A, Plattner TA, Quartini E, Carr CE, Doran PT, et al. Halotolerantifilum yawarlongkerapense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant and thermotolerant bacterium isolated from Lake Warden, and proposal of Guggenheimellaceae fam. nov. in the order Peptostreptococcales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7084. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Acidaminobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: Fisher LA, Dangre SR, McKaig JM, Lawson PA, Inman BG, Odenheimer A, Plattner TA, Quartini E, Carr CE, Doran PT, et al. Halotolerantifilum yawarlongkerapense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant and thermotolerant bacterium isolated from Lake Warden, and proposal of Guggenheimellaceae fam. nov. in the order Peptostreptococcales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7084. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 70978
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