Name: Haloechinothrix alba Tang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white

Pronunciation, gender: AL-ba, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208140; DSM 45207; YIM 93221

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ366705 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang SK, Wang Y, Zhang H, Lee JC, Lou K, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Haloechinothrix alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, filamentous actinomycete of the suborder Pseudonocardineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2154-2158.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloechinothrix Tang et al. 2010. Publication: Tang SK, Wang Y, Zhang H, Lee JC, Lou K, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Haloechinothrix alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, filamentous actinomycete of the suborder Pseudonocardineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2154-2158.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Haloechinothrix Tang et al. 2010

Assigned by: Tang SK, Wang Y, Zhang H, Lee JC, Lou K, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Haloechinothrix alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, filamentous actinomycete of the suborder Pseudonocardineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2154-2158.

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