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Genus Halovalidus
Name: Halovalidus Dong et al. 2025
Etymology: Ha.lo.va’li.dus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. masc. adj. validus, strong, vigorous; N.L. masc. n. Halovalidus, vigorous organism living in salt
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Halovalid-), ha-lo-WA-li-dus
Type species: Halovalidus salilacus Dong et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Dong XY, Mao YL, Zhang QK, Zhu LR, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome‑based classification of the family Natrialbaceae and description of four novel halophilic archaea from three saline lakes and a saline-alkaline land. Extremophiles 2024; 28:47. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Halovalidus salilacus Dong et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Natrialbaceae Gupta et al. 2015
Assigned by:
Dong XY, Mao YL, Zhang QK, Zhu LR, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome‑based classification of the family Natrialbaceae and description of four novel halophilic archaea from three saline lakes and a saline-alkaline land. Extremophiles 2024; 28:47.
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Record number: 64684
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