Name: Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens Sorokin et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fu.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, reducing; N.L. part. adj. sulfurireducens, reducing sulfur

Gender: neuter

Type strain: HSR2; JCM 30661; UNIQEM U935

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM875608 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Kublanov IV, Yakimov MM, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS. Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first obligately anaerobic sulfur-respiring haloarchaeon, isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2377-2381.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3765-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halanaeroarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2016. Publication: Sorokin DY, Kublanov IV, Yakimov MM, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS. Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first obligately anaerobic sulfur-respiring haloarchaeon, isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2377-2381.
  • 😷 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: Halanaeroarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2016

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Kublanov IV, Yakimov MM, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS. Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first obligately anaerobic sulfur-respiring haloarchaeon, isolated from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2377-2381.

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