Name: Haladaptatus paucihalophilus Savage et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.ha.lo’phi.lus. L. masc. adj. paucus, little; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. paucihalophilus, low-salt loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1313; DSM 18195; DX253; JCM 13897; KCTC 4006

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663347 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Savage KN, Krumholz LR, Oren A, Elshahed MS. Haladaptatus paucihalophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:19-24.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haladaptatus Savage et al. 2007. Publication: Savage KN, Krumholz LR, Oren A, Elshahed MS. Haladaptatus paucihalophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:19-24.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Haladaptatus Savage et al. 2007

Assigned by: Savage KN, Krumholz LR, Oren A, Elshahed MS. Haladaptatus paucihalophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:19-24.

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Record number: 785839