Name: Actinarchaeum halophilum corrig. Tang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lum. N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, loving; N.L. neut. adj. halophilum, salt-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17467; DSM 46868; YIM 93972

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP071306 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Zhang Y, Makarova KS, Liu BB, Zheng GS, Zhang ZP, Zheng HJ, Wolf YI, Zhao YR, et al. Cellular differentiation into hyphae and spores in halophilic archaea. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1827.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinoarchaeum halophilum Tang et al. 2024	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Halocatena halophila" (Tang et al. 2024) Zhu et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinarchaeum corrig. Tang et al. 2024. Publication: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Zhang Y, Makarova KS, Liu BB, Zheng GS, Zhang ZP, Zheng HJ, Wolf YI, Zhao YR, et al. Cellular differentiation into hyphae and spores in halophilic archaea. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1827.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Actinarchaeum corrig. Tang et al. 2024

Assigned by: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Zhang Y, Makarova KS, Liu BB, Zheng GS, Zhang ZP, Zheng HJ, Wolf YI, Zhao YR, et al. Cellular differentiation into hyphae and spores in halophilic archaea. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1827.

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