Species Clostridium halophilum

Name: Clostridium halophilum corrig. Fendrich et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. halophilum, salt-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49637; DSM 5387; M1

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16S rRNA gene: X77837 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fendrich C, Hippe H, Gottschalk G. Clostridium halophilium sp. nov. and C. litorale sp. nov., an obligate halophilic and a marine species degrading betaine in the Stickland reaction. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:127-132.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 39. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:580-581.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Maledivibacter halophilus (Fendrich et al. 1991) Li et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium halophilium Fendrich et al. 1991	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Maledivibacter halophilus (Fendrich et al. 1991) Li et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Clostridium halophilum 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 Clostridium.
- The original spelling, Clostridium halophilium (sic), has been corrected by Hippe 1991. — Hippe H. Personal communication, unspecified date.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Fendrich C, Hippe H, Gottschalk G. Clostridium halophilium sp. nov. and C. litorale sp. nov., an obligate halophilic and a marine species degrading betaine in the Stickland reaction. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:127-132.

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Record number: 774891

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