Name: Haloarcula amylolytica Yang et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, starch-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-AR-ku-la a-my-lo-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: BD-3; CGMCC 1.5335; JCM 13557

16S rRNA gene: AB605776 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Yang Y, Cui HL, Zhou PJ, Liu SJ. Haloarcula amylolytica sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Aibi salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:103-106. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Yang Y, Cui HL, Zhou PJ, Liu SJ. Haloarcula amylolytica sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Aibi salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:103-106. 🇨🇳

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