Name: Haloactinopolyspora alba Tang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45211; KCTC 19409; YIM 93246

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ969846 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Shi R, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete isolated from a salt lake, with proposal of Jiangellaceae fam. nov. and Jiangellineae subord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:194-200.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloactinopolyspora Tang et al. 2011. Publication: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Shi R, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete isolated from a salt lake, with proposal of Jiangellaceae fam. nov. and Jiangellineae subord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:194-200.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 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: Haloactinopolyspora Tang et al. 2011

Assigned by: Tang SK, Zhi XY, Wang Y, Shi R, Lou K, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinopolyspora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete isolated from a salt lake, with proposal of Jiangellaceae fam. nov. and Jiangellineae subord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:194-200.

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