Name: Halodesulfurarchaeum formicicum Sorokin et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mi.ci.cum. N.L. neut. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of belonging to, pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. formicicum, pertaining to formic acid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: HSR6; JCM 30662; UNIQEM U983

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16S rRNA gene: CP016804 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Messina E, Smedile F, Roman P, Damste JSS, Ciordia S, Mena MC, Ferrer M, Golyshin PN, Kublanov IV, et al. Discovery of anaerobic lithoheterotrophic haloarchaea, ubiquitous in hypersaline habitats. ISME J 2017; 11:1245-1260.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halodesulfurarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2017. Publication: Sorokin DY, Messina E, Smedile F, Roman P, Damste JSS, Ciordia S, Mena MC, Ferrer M, Golyshin PN, Kublanov IV, et al. Discovery of anaerobic lithoheterotrophic haloarchaea, ubiquitous in hypersaline habitats. ISME J 2017; 11:1245-1260.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halodesulfurarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Messina E, Smedile F, Roman P, Damste JSS, Ciordia S, Mena MC, Ferrer M, Golyshin PN, Kublanov IV, et al. Discovery of anaerobic lithoheterotrophic haloarchaea, ubiquitous in hypersaline habitats. ISME J 2017; 11:1245-1260.

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Record number: 795583