Name: Haloarcula argentinensis Ihara et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.gen.tin.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. argentinensis, pertaining to Argentina, Argentinian

Gender: feminine

Type strain: arg-1; ATCC 700875; CIP 105173; DSM 12282; JCM 9737

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB355983 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ihara K, Watanabe S, Tamura T. Haloarcula argentinensis sp. nov. and Haloarcula mukohataei sp. nov., two new extremely halophilic archaea collected in Argentina. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:73-77.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Straková et al. 2023 Strakova D, Galisteo C, de la Haba RR, Ventosa A. Characterization of Haloarcula terrestris sp. nov. and reclassification of a Haloarcula species based on a taxogenomic approach. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6157. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6213.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Ihara K, Watanabe S, Tamura T. Haloarcula argentinensis sp. nov. and Haloarcula mukohataei sp. nov., two new extremely halophilic archaea collected in Argentina. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:73-77.

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Record number: 776682