Name: Orenia Rainey and Stackebrandt 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.re’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Orenia, named after Aharon Oren, an Israeli microbiologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Oreni-), o-RE-ni-a

Type species: Orenia marismortui (Oren et al. 1988) Rainey et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rainey FA, Zhilina TN, Boulygina ES, Stackebrandt E, Tourova TP, Zavarzin GA. The taxonomic status of the fermentative halophilic anaerobic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe 1995; 1:185-199. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sporohalobacter Oren et al. 1988. Publication: Oren A, Pohla H, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Clostridium lortetii to a new genus Sporohalobacter gen. nov. as Sporohalobacter lortetii comb. nov. and description of Sporohalobacter marismortui sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:239-246. 🇮🇱
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Rainey and Stackebrandt) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Rainey et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; ATCC: 3; UNIQEM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Orenia chitinitropha Sorokin and Kolganova 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orenia marismortui (Oren et al. 1988) Rainey et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orenia metallireducens Dong et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orenia salinaria Mouné et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Orenia sivashensis Zhilina et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteroidaceae Zhilina and Rainey 1995

Assigned by: Rainey FA, Zhilina TN, Boulygina ES, Stackebrandt E, Tourova TP, Zavarzin GA. The taxonomic status of the fermentative halophilic anaerobic bacteria: description of Haloanaerobiales ord. nov., Halobacteroidaceae fam. nov., Orenia gen. nov. and further taxonomic rearrangements at the genus and species level. Anaerobe 1995; 1:185-199. 🇩🇪

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