Name: Halalkalicoccus paucihalophilus Liu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.ha.lo’phi.lus. L. masc. adj. paucus, little; Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. paucihalophilus, low-salt loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012803; DSM 24557; JCM 17505; YIM 93701

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF449426 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu BB, Tang SK, Zhang YG, Lu XH, Li L, Cheng J, Zhang YM, Zhang LL, Li WJ. Halalkalicoccus paucihalophilus sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from Lop Nur region in Xinjiang, northwest of China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1007-1014.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halalkalicoccus Xue et al. 2005

Assigned by: Liu BB, Tang SK, Zhang YG, Lu XH, Li L, Cheng J, Zhang YM, Zhang LL, Li WJ. Halalkalicoccus paucihalophilus sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from Lop Nur region in Xinjiang, northwest of China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1007-1014.

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Record number: 790810