Name: Haloactinobacterium album Tang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bum. L. neut. adj. album, white

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208069; DSM 21368; KCTC 19413; NBRC 109067; YIM 93306

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ969847 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Wu JY, Lee JC, Kim CJ, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinobacterium album gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic actinobacterium, and proposal of Ruaniaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2113-2119.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ruania alba (Tang et al. 2010) Schumann et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ruania alba (Tang et al. 2010) Schumann et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloactinobacterium Tang et al. 2010. Publication: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Wu JY, Lee JC, Kim CJ, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinobacterium album gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic actinobacterium, and proposal of Ruaniaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2113-2119.
  • ❗ Haloactinobacterium album is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Haloactinobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Haloactinobacterium Tang et al. 2010

Assigned by: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Wu JY, Lee JC, Kim CJ, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinobacterium album gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic actinobacterium, and proposal of Ruaniaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2113-2119.

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