Name: Halarchaeum rubridurum Yamauchi et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru.bri.du’rum. L. masc. adj. ruber, red; L. vowel -i-, connecting vowel; L. masc. adj. durus, hard, tough; N.L. neut. adj. rubridurum, red-hard

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 7535; DSM 22443; JCM 16108; MH1-16-3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB372513 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamauchi Y, Minegishi H, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Doukyu N, Inoue A, Usami R. Halarchaeum rubridurum sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial sea salt samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3143-3147.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halarchaeum Minegishi et al. 2010

Assigned by: Yamauchi Y, Minegishi H, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Doukyu N, Inoue A, Usami R. Halarchaeum rubridurum sp. nov., a moderately acidophilic haloarchaeon isolated from commercial sea salt samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3143-3147.

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Record number: 791087