Name: Hellea Alain et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hel’le.a. Gr. fem. n. Hellê, a sea goddess in Greek mythology; N.L. fem. n. Hellea, named after Helle in reference to the marine origin of the first strain

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Helle-), HEL-le-a

Type species: Hellea balneolensis Alain et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alain K, Tindall BJ, Intertaglia L, Catala P, Lebaron P. Hellea balneolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2511-2519.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kevbrin et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Robiginitomaculaceae Kevbrin et al. 2021. Publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Koziaeva V, Uzun M, Grouzdev D. Alkalicaulis satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphile isolated from a laboratory culture cyanobacterium Geitlerinema species and proposals of Maricaulaceae fam. nov., Robiginitomaculaceae fam. nov., Maricaulales ord. nov. and Hyphomonadales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4614.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03652 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; DSM: 1.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hellea balneolensis Alain et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomonadaceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Alain K, Tindall BJ, Intertaglia L, Catala P, Lebaron P. Hellea balneolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2511-2519.

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