Name: Halobacteroides elegans Zhilina et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’le.gans. L. adj. elegans, choice, nice, elegant

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 6639; Z-7287

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16S rRNA gene: AJ238119 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Turova TP, Lysenko AM, Kevbrin VV. Reclassification of Halobacteroides halobius Z-7287 on the basis of phylogenetic analysis as a new species Halobacteroides elegans sp. nov. Mikrobiologiya 1997; 66:114-121.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 63. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halobacteroides Oren et al. 1984

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Turova TP, Lysenko AM, Kevbrin VV. Reclassification of Halobacteroides halobius Z-7287 on the basis of phylogenetic analysis as a new species Halobacteroides elegans sp. nov. Mikrobiologiya 1997; 66:114-121.

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Record number: 776718