Name: Halobacterium litoreum Lü et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.um. L. neut. adj. litoreum, of or belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation, gender: li-TO-re-um, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12562; JCM 30038; ZS-54-S2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC918831 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu ZZ, Li Y, Zhou Y, Cui HL, Li ZR. Halobacterium litoreum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4095-4099.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

Assigned by: Lu ZZ, Li Y, Zhou Y, Cui HL, Li ZR. Halobacterium litoreum sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4095-4099.

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