Name: Haloarcula japonica Takashina et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. japonica, pertaining to Japan, Japanese

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49778; DSM 6131; JCM 7785; NBRC 101032; TR-1; VKM B-2009

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB355986 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Takashina T, Hamamoto T, Otozai K, Grant WD, Horikoshi K. Haloarcula japonica sp. nov., a new triangular halophilic archaebacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:177-181.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 36 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Takashina T, Hamamoto T, Otozai K, Grant WD, Horikoshi K. Haloarcula japonica sp. nov., a new triangular halophilic archaebacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:177-181.

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