Name: Acidihalobacter yilgarnensis Khaleque et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: yil.gar.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. yilgarnensis, referring to its isolation from the Yilgarn region, Western Australia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-di-ha-lo-BAK-ter yil-gar-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 105917; F5; JCM 32255

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP017415 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khaleque HN, Gonzalez C, Johnson DB, Kaksonen AH, Holmes DS, Watkin ELJ. Genome-based classification of Acidihalobacter prosperus F5 (=DSM 105917=JCM 32255) as Acidihalobacter yilgarnensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6226-6234. 🇨🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Acidihalobacter prosperus Cárdenas et al. 2015. Publication: Pablo Cardenas J, Ortiz R, Norris PR, Watkin E, Holmes DS. Reclassification of 'Thiobacillus prosperus' Huber and Stetter 1989 as Acidihalobacter prosperus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3641-3644. 🇨🇱 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Parent taxon: Acidihalobacter Cárdenas et al. 2015

Assigned by: Khaleque HN, Gonzalez C, Johnson DB, Kaksonen AH, Holmes DS, Watkin ELJ. Genome-based classification of Acidihalobacter prosperus F5 (=DSM 105917=JCM 32255) as Acidihalobacter yilgarnensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6226-6234. 🇨🇱

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