Name: Haliea salexigens Urios et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.ex’i.gens. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt, seawater; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. part. adj. salexigens, seawater-demanding

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 3X/A02/235; CIP 109602; DSM 19537; MOLA 286

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY576769 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urios L, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Haliea salexigens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Gammaproteobacteria from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1233-1237.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haliea Urios et al. 2008. Publication: Urios L, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Haliea salexigens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Gammaproteobacteria from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1233-1237.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Haliea Urios et al. 2008

Assigned by: Urios L, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Haliea salexigens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Gammaproteobacteria from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1233-1237.

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Record number: 786637