Name: Halobacterium bonnevillei Myers and King 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bon.ne.vil’le.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bonnevillei, of Bonneville, honours Major Benjamin Bonneville, for whom Bonneville Salt Flats is named

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-bak-TE-ri-um bon-ne-WIL-le-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC TSD-126; JCM 323472; LMG 31022; PCN9

16S rRNA gene: MK262901 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Myers MR, King GM. Halobacterium bonnevillei sp. nov., Halobaculum saliterrae sp. nov. and Halovenus carboxidivorans sp. nov., three novel carbon monoxide-oxidizing Halobacteria from saline crusts and soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4261-4268. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5187-5189.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Myers MR, King GM. Halobacterium bonnevillei sp. nov., Halobaculum saliterrae sp. nov. and Halovenus carboxidivorans sp. nov., three novel carbon monoxide-oxidizing Halobacteria from saline crusts and soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4261-4268. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 8187

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