Name: Georgenia halophila Tang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving, referring to the ability of the type strain to grow at high NaCl concentrations

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208144; DSM 21365; JCM 17810; YIM 93316

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ717681 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Wang Y, Lee JC, Lou K, Park DJ, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Georgenia halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinobacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1317-1421.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1987-1988.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.

Parent taxon: Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Tang SK, Wang Y, Lee JC, Lou K, Park DJ, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Georgenia halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinobacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1317-1421.

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