Name: Halococcus dombrowskii Stan-Lotter et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dom.brows’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. dombrowskii, of Dombrowski, referring to Heinz J. Dombrowski, a pioneer in the isolation of micro-organisms from very ancient materials

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-364; DSM 14522; H4; JCM 12289; NCIMB 13803

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663366 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stan-Lotter H, Pfaffenhuemer M, Legat A, Busse HJ, Radax C, Gruber C. Halococcus dombrowskii sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from a Permian alpine salt deposit. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1807-1814.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet is a N.L. gen. n., not a L. masc. adj. as cited in the paper by Stan-Lotter et al. 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Halococcus Schoop 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stan-Lotter H, Pfaffenhuemer M, Legat A, Busse HJ, Radax C, Gruber C. Halococcus dombrowskii sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from a Permian alpine salt deposit. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1807-1814.

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Record number: 776729