Name: Halobacterium volcanii Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vol.ca’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. volcanii, of Volcani, named after Israeli microbiologist B.E. Volcani, discoverer of life in the Dead Sea

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29605; DS2; DSM 3757; IFO 14742; JCM 8879; NBRC 14742; NCCB 85050; NCIMB 2012; NCMB 2012; VKM B-1768

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16S rRNA gene: AB663383 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mullakhanbhai MF, Larsen H. Halobacterium volcanii spec. nov., a Dead Sea halobacterium with a moderate salt requirement. Arch Microbiol 1975; 104:207-214.

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: Haloferax volcanii (Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975) Torreblanca et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloferax volcanii (Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975) Torreblanca et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Halobacterium volcanii is the correct name 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.
  • On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), this taxon is incorrectly cited as Halobacterium volcanii Mullakhanbhai and Larson (sic) 1975. Publication: Larsen H. Genus I. Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957, 207AL. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, p. 262-266.

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

Assigned by: Mullakhanbhai MF, Larsen H. Halobacterium volcanii spec. nov., a Dead Sea halobacterium with a moderate salt requirement. Arch Microbiol 1975; 104:207-214.

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Record number: 776716