Species Chromohalobacter israelensis

Name: Chromohalobacter israelensis (Huval et al. 1996) Arahal et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Halomonas israelensis Huval et al. 1996

Etymology: is.rae.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. israelensis, pertaining to Israel

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hro-mo-ha-lo-BAK-ter is-ra͡e-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 6768; ATCC 43985; Ba1; CCM 4920; CECT 5287; CIP 106853; DSM 6768; LMG 19546; NCIMB 13766

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ295144 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arahal DR, Garcia MT, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Ventosa A. Transfer of Halomonas canadensis and Halomonas israelensis to the genus Chromohalobacter as Chromohalobacter canadensis comb. nov. and Chromohalobacter israelensis comb. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1443-1448. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chromohalobacter salexigens Arahal et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas israelensis Huval et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to De la Haba et al. (2023), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Chromohalobacter salexigens Arahal et al. 2001. Publication: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707. 🇪🇸
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13886 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Arahal et al. 2001 the basonym is erroneously cited as Halomonas israelensis Huval et al. 1995 (sic). Publication: Huval JH, Latta R, Wallace R, Kushner DJ, Vreeland RH. Description of two new species of Halomonas: Halomonas israelensis sp.nov. and Halomonas canadensis sp.nov. Can J Microbiol 1995; 41:1124-1131.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Arahal DR, Garcia MT, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Ventosa A. Transfer of Halomonas canadensis and Halomonas israelensis to the genus Chromohalobacter as Chromohalobacter canadensis comb. nov. and Chromohalobacter israelensis comb. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1443-1448. 🇪🇸

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