Name: Haloarcula argentinensis Ihara et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

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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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 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