Name: Halanaerobium salsuginis corrig. Bhupathiraju et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.su’gi.nis. L. fem. n. salsugo (gen. salsuginis), salt-water, brine; L. gen. fem. n. salsuginis, of brine, referring to isolation of this strain from an oilfield brine

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51327; VS-752

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L22890 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bhupathiraju VK, Oren A, Sharma PK, Tanner RS, Woese CR, McInerney MJ. Haloanaerobium salsugo sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, anaerobic bacterium from a subterranean brine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:565-572. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halanaerobium salsugo Bhupathiraju et al. 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Haloanaerobium salsugo Bhupathiraju et al. 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Haloanaerobium salsuginis Bhupathiraju et al. 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Listed as salsugo in the notification list. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Haloanaerobium (sic), has been corrected by Oren 2000. Publication: Oren A. Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanaerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order Halanaerobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2229-2230. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, salsugo (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1998. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: erratum and correction of further specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:615. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Halanaerobium corrig. Zeikus et al. 1984

Assigned by: Bhupathiraju VK, Oren A, Sharma PK, Tanner RS, Woese CR, McInerney MJ. Haloanaerobium salsugo sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, anaerobic bacterium from a subterranean brine. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:565-572. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 783952