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

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.62629; FCH27; JCM 36674; MCCC 4K00130

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Original 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 2024; 48:126577.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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 2024; 48:126577.

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Record number: 56341