Name: Halarchaeum acidiphilum Minegishi et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci’di.phi’lum. L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. acidiphilum, acid-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 7534; DSM 22442; JCM 16109; MH1-52-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB371717 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Minegishi H, Echigo A, Nagaoka S, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halarchaeum acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial solar salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2513-2516.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010. Publication: Minegishi H, Echigo A, Nagaoka S, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halarchaeum acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial solar salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2513-2516.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010

Assigned by: Minegishi H, Echigo A, Nagaoka S, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halarchaeum acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial solar salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2513-2516.

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