Species Flavobacterium halmophilum

Name: Flavobacterium halmophilum corrig. Elazari-Volcani 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hal.mo’phi.lum. Gr. fem. n. halmê, brine, seawater; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. halmophilum, seawater loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hal-MO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: ACAM 71; ATCC 19717; CIP 105455; DSM 5349; IFO 15537; JCM 21222; LMG 4023; NBRC 15537; NCIMB 1971; NCMB 1971

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ306889 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Elazari-Volcani B. Studies on the microflora of the Dead Sea. Thesis in Hebrew, English summary. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1940.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Halomonas halmophila (Elazari-Volcani 1940) Franzmann et al. 1989

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Halomonas halmophila (Elazari-Volcani 1940) Franzmann et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Flavobacterium halmephilium Elazari-Volcani 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ❗ Flavobacterium halmophilum is the correct name instead 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 Flavobacterium.
- 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 34:509; Flavobacterium halmephilium (sic). Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, halmephilium (sic), has been corrected to halmephilum by Hill et al. 1984 [1]. This corrigendum has been omitted from the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition) [2]. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Elazari-Volcani B. Studies on the microflora of the Dead Sea. Thesis in Hebrew, English summary. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1940.

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Species Flavobacterium halmophilum