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

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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. — 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 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