Name: Haloarcula hispanica Juez et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: his.pa’ni.ca. L. fem. adj. hispanica, pertaining to Spain, Spanish

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33960; DSM 4426; JCM 8911; NBRC 102182; VKM B-1755; Y27

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB090167 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Juez G, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A, Kushner DJ. Haloarcula hispanica spec. nov. and Haloferax gibbonsii spec. nov., two new species of extremely halophilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:75-79.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14066 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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 75 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Juez G, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ventosa A, Kushner DJ. Haloarcula hispanica spec. nov. and Haloferax gibbonsii spec. nov., two new species of extremely halophilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:75-79.

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Record number: 776683