Name: Halococcus salifodinae Denner et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.fo.di’nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. salifodinae, of a salt mine, referring to the source of the isolate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51437; Blp; DSM 8989; JCM 9578; VKM B-2108

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16S rRNA gene: AB663371 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Denner EBM, McGenity TJ, Busse HJ, Grant WD, Wanner G, Stan-Lotter H. Halococcus salifodinae sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from an Austrian salt mine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:774-780.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

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 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halococcus Schoop 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Denner EBM, McGenity TJ, Busse HJ, Grant WD, Wanner G, Stan-Lotter H. Halococcus salifodinae sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from an Austrian salt mine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:774-780.

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Record number: 776733