Name: Halocella cellulosilytica corrig. Simankova et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo.si.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. cellulosilytica, organism which dissolves cellulose

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700086; DSM 7362; Z-10151

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16S rRNA gene: X89072 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Simankova MV, Chernych NA, Osipov GA, Zavarzin GA. Halocella cellulolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, halophilic, cellulolytic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:385-389.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 48. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:182-183.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halocella cellulolytica Simankova et al. 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halocella Simankova et al. 1994. Publication: Simankova MV, Chernych NA, Osipov GA, Zavarzin GA. Halocella cellulolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, halophilic, cellulolytic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:385-389.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, cellulolytica (sic), has been corrected by Oren 2000. Publication: Oren A. Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanaerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order Halanaerobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2229-2230.

Parent taxon: Halocella Simankova et al. 1994

Assigned by: Simankova MV, Chernych NA, Osipov GA, Zavarzin GA. Halocella cellulolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new obligately anaerobic, halophilic, cellulolytic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:385-389.

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