Name: Halalkalicoccus salilacus Mao et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’la.cus. L. masc. n. sal, salt; L. gen. masc. n. lacus, a lake; N.L. gen. masc. n. salilacus, of a saline lake

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-LI-la-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.62629; FCH27; JCM 36674; MCCC 4K00130

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16S rRNA gene: MZ505259 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mao YL, Dong XY, Tao CQ, Wu ZP, Shi XW, Hou J, Cui HL. Natronorarus salvus gen. nov., sp. nov., Halalkalicoccus ordinarius sp. nov., and Halalkalicoccus salilacus sp. nov., halophilic archaea from a soda lake and two saline lakes, and proposal to classify the genera Halalkalicoccus and Natronorarus into Halalkalicoccaceae fam. nov. in the order Halobacteriales within the class Halobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126577. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-03.

Parent taxon: Halalkalicoccus Xue et al. 2005

Assigned by: Mao YL, Dong XY, Tao CQ, Wu ZP, Shi XW, Hou J, Cui HL. Natronorarus salvus gen. nov., sp. nov., Halalkalicoccus ordinarius sp. nov., and Halalkalicoccus salilacus sp. nov., halophilic archaea from a soda lake and two saline lakes, and proposal to classify the genera Halalkalicoccus and Natronorarus into Halalkalicoccaceae fam. nov. in the order Halobacteriales within the class Halobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126577. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 56341