Species Amycolatopsis halophila

Name: Amycolatopsis halophila Tang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving, referring to the ability of the type strain to grow at high NaCl concentrations

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45216; JCM 18118; KCTC 19403; YIM 93223

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ606836 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Wang Y, Guan TW, Lee JC, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Amycolatopsis halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1073-1078.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Haloechinothrix halophila (Tang et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Haloechinothrix halophila (Tang et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Amycolatopsis halophila is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Amycolatopsis.
- See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.
- The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Tang SK, Wang Y, Guan TW, Lee JC, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Amycolatopsis halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1073-1078.

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Record number: 788538

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