Name: Haloactinospora alba Tang et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 206008; DSM 45015; JCM 16004; YIM 90648

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ923130 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Tian XP, Zhi XY, Cai M, Wu JY, Yang LL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinospora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete of the family Nocardiopsaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2075-2080.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloactinospora Tang et al. 2008. Publication: Tang SK, Tian XP, Zhi XY, Cai M, Wu JY, Yang LL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinospora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete of the family Nocardiopsaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2075-2080.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.

Parent taxon: Haloactinospora Tang et al. 2008

Assigned by: Tang SK, Tian XP, Zhi XY, Cai M, Wu JY, Yang LL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Haloactinospora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete of the family Nocardiopsaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2075-2080.

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