Name: "Selenihalanaerobacter" Switzer Blum et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Se.le.ni.hal.an.a.e.ro.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. selenium, selenium, element 34 (Se); from Gr. fem. n. selênê, the moon; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a staff or rod; N.L. masc. n. Selenihalanaerobacter, the salty anaerobic selenium rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Selenihalanaerobacter-), se-le-ni-hal-an-a-e-ro-BAK-ter

Type species: "Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii" Switzer Blum et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Blum JS, Stolz JF, Oren A, Oremland RS. Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic anaerobe from Dead Sea sediments that respires selenate. Arch Microbiol 2001; 175:208-219. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 81. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1229.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Acetohalobiaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Selenihalanerobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Selenihalanaerobacter Switzer Blum et al. 2001 is not validly published because the type species is not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii" Switzer Blum et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Halobacteroidaceae Zhilina and Rainey 1995

Assigned by: Blum JS, Stolz JF, Oren A, Oremland RS. Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic anaerobe from Dead Sea sediments that respires selenate. Arch Microbiol 2001; 175:208-219. 🇺🇸

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