Name: Haloarcula mukohataei Ihara et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.ko.ha.tae’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mukohataei, of Yasuo Mukohata, Japanese biochemist and biophysicist

Gender: feminine

Type strain: arg-2; ATCC 700874; CIP 105174; DSM 12286; JCM 9738; NCIMB 13541

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16S rRNA gene: AB663392 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: synonym

Correct name: Halomicrobium mukohataei (Ihara et al. 1997) Oren et al. 2002

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomicrobium katesii Kharroub et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomicrobium mukohataei (Ihara et al. 1997) Oren et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Xin et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Halomicrobium katesii Kharroub et al. 2008. Publication: Xin YJ, Bao CX, Li SY, Hu XY, Zhu L, Wei W, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based taxonomy of genera Halomicrobium and Halosiccatus, and description of Halomicrobium salinisoli sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126308.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.
  • ❗ Haloarcula mukohataei is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Haloarcula.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The etymology of the specific epithet should be changed from N.L. adj. (sic) mukohataei to N.L. gen. n. mukohataei, of Yasuo Mukohata. The correct adjectival form would be mukohatana. — The species Haloarcula mukohataei Ihara et al. 1997 was placed in the genus Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986 on the basis of the similarity of its 16S rRNA gene sequence to the 16S rRNA sequences of the other species of the genus. However, its different polar lipid composition as well as important differences in the 16S RNA signature bases could justify the transfer of this species to a new genus. Publication: Ventosa A. Genus II. Haloarcula Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986b, 573VP (Effective publication: Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986a, 98). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 305-309.

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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