Name: Halobacterium trapanicum (Petter 1931) Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium trapanicum" Petter 1931

Etymology: tra.pa.ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. trapanicum, pertaining to Trapani, Sicily, the site of the salt from which the organism was originally isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 12287; JCM 10477; NCIMB 13488; NRC 34021

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663424 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Elazari-Volcani B. Genus XII. Halobacterium. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 207-212.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halorubrum trapanicum (Petter 1931) McGenity and Grant 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halorubrum trapanicum (Petter 1931) McGenity and Grant 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Bacterium trapanicum" Petter 1931	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • ❗ Halobacterium trapanicum 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 Halobacterium.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Elazari-Volcani B. Genus XII. Halobacterium. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 207-212.

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Record number: 776714