Name: Haloarchaeobius iranensis Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ra.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. iranensis, of or belonging to Iran, referring to the isolation of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: EB21; IBRC M 10013; KCTC 4048

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB771428 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Ramezani M, Ventosa A. Haloarchaeobius iranensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1021-1026.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloarchaeobius Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012. Publication: Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Ramezani M, Ventosa A. Haloarchaeobius iranensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1021-1026.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Haloarchaeobius Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012

Assigned by: Makhdoumi-Kakhki A, Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Ramezani M, Ventosa A. Haloarchaeobius iranensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1021-1026.

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