Genus "Candidatus Terrihalomicrobium"

Name: "Candidatus Terrihalomicrobium" Galisteo et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: Ter.ri.ha.lo.mi.cro’bi.um. L. fem. n. terra, soil; Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Terrihalomicrobium, a microbe from salty soil

Gender: neuter (stem: Terrihalomicrobi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Terrihalomicrobium hispanicum" Galisteo et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Galisteo C, Puente-Sánchez F, de la Haba RR, Bertilsson S, Ventosa A, Sánchez-Porro C. Uncovering the Prokaryotic Diversity of Hypersaline Soils of Odiel Saltmarshes Natural Area Through Metagenome-Assembled Genomes. Microorganisms 2026; 14:489. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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
    "Candidatus Terrihalomicrobium hispanicum" Galisteo et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: [Longimicrobiales, not assigned to family]

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Record number: 71025