Name: Chromohalobacter sarecensis Quillaguamán et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.rec.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. sarecensis, relating to Sida/SAREC, the institution that supports scientific research in Bolivia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-761; CCUG 47987; DSM 15547; LV4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY373448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Quillaguaman J, Delgado O, Mattiasson B, Hatti-Kaul R. Chromohalobacter sarecensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant moderate halophile isolated from the saline Andean region of Bolivia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1921-1926.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chromohalobacter Ventosa et al. 1989

Assigned by: Quillaguaman J, Delgado O, Mattiasson B, Hatti-Kaul R. Chromohalobacter sarecensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant moderate halophile isolated from the saline Andean region of Bolivia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1921-1926.

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Record number: 774707