Name: Halobiforma haloterrestris Hezayen et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.ter.res’tris. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. masc./fem. adj. terrestris, belonging to the soil; N.L. fem. adj. haloterrestris, from salty soil

Pronunciation, gender: ha-lo-ter-RES-tris, feminine

Type strain: 135; DSM 13078; JCM 11627

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16S rRNA gene: AB663434 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hezayen FF, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A, Rehm BH. Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2271-2280.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natronobacterium haloterrestre (Hezayen et al. 2002) Dong et al. 2025

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natronobacterium haloterrestre (Hezayen et al. 2002) Dong et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halobiforma Hezayen et al. 2002. Publication: Hezayen FF, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A, Rehm BH. Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2271-2280.
  • ❗ Halobiforma haloterrestris 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 Halobiforma.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Halobiforma Hezayen et al. 2002

Assigned by: Hezayen FF, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A, Rehm BH. Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2271-2280.

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Record number: 776722