Species "Bacterium halobium"

Name: "Bacterium halobium" Petter 1931

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’bi.um. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. adj. halobium, living on salt

Pronunciation, gender: ha-LO-bi-um, neuter

Nomenclatural type: NCCB 33035; NCIB 8720

Original publication: Petter HFM. On bacteria of salted fish. Proceedings Academy of Science, Amsterdam 1931; 34:1417-1423.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Halobacterium salinarum corrig. (Harrison and Kennedy 1922) Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Parent taxon: "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831

Assigned by: Petter HFM. On bacteria of salted fish. Proceedings Academy of Science, Amsterdam 1931; 34:1417-1423.

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Record number: 4485
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