Name: Haloactinomyces albus Lai et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AFM 10258; CGMCC 4.7115; DSM 45977

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF022043 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai H, Jiang Y, Chen X, Li Q, Jiang C, Jiang Y, Wei X. Haloactinomyces albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Dead Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1163-1168.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloactinomyces Lai et al. 2017. Publication: Lai H, Jiang Y, Chen X, Li Q, Jiang C, Jiang Y, Wei X. Haloactinomyces albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Dead Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1163-1168.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates within the genus Saccharopolyspora and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Haloactinomyces Lai et al. 2017

Assigned by: Lai H, Jiang Y, Chen X, Li Q, Jiang C, Jiang Y, Wei X. Haloactinomyces albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the Dead Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1163-1168.

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