Name: Anaerohalosphaera lusitana Pradel et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.si.ta’na. N.L. fem. adj. lusitana, pertaining to Lusitania, the Roman name of a province in western Iberia, which corresponds to most of modern Portugal

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 103484; JCM 31926; KCTC 15600; ST-NAGAB-D1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY471010 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Tindall BJ, Spring S. Anaerohalosphaera lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Limihaloglobus sulfuriphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from solar saltern sediments, and proposal of Anaerohalosphaeraceae fam. nov. within the order Sedimentisphaerales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1321-1330.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerohalosphaera Pradel et al. 2020. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Tindall BJ, Spring S. Anaerohalosphaera lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Limihaloglobus sulfuriphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from solar saltern sediments, and proposal of Anaerohalosphaeraceae fam. nov. within the order Sedimentisphaerales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1321-1330.

Parent taxon: Anaerohalosphaera Pradel et al. 2020

Assigned by: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Tindall BJ, Spring S. Anaerohalosphaera lusitana gen. nov., sp. nov., and Limihaloglobus sulfuriphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from solar saltern sediments, and proposal of Anaerohalosphaeraceae fam. nov. within the order Sedimentisphaerales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1321-1330.

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Record number: 5762