Name: Haloechinothrix alba Tang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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.
  • 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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