Name: Halarchaeum nitratireducens Minegishi et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and (in chemistry) converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducens, nitrate-reducing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 7573; JCM 16331; MH1-136-2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB372515 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Minegishi H, Yamauchi Y, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Usami R. Halarchaeum nitratireducens sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial sea salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4202-4206.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010

Assigned by: Minegishi H, Yamauchi Y, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Usami R. Halarchaeum nitratireducens sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial sea salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4202-4206.

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Record number: 791283