Name: "Haloferax alicantei" Holmes et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ali.can’te.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. alicantei, from M. Torrenblanca, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Aa 2.2; CCM 7023; CECT 5871; CIP 107410; DSM 14919; JCM 9276; NCIMB 13854

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16S rRNA gene: AB081732 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Holmes ML, Scopes RK, Moritz RL, Simpson RJ, Englert C, Pfeifer F, Dyall-Smith ML. Purification and analysis of an extremely halophilic beta-galactosidase from Haloferax alicantei. Biochim Biophys Acta 1997; 1337:276-286.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Haloferax lucentense corrig. Gutierrez et al. 2004

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloferax lucentense corrig. Gutierrez et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haloferax lucentensis Gutierrez et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧍 "Haloferax alicantei" Holmes et al. is now known as Haloferax lucentense corrig. Gutierrez et al. 2004, sp. nov. Publication: Gutierrez MC, Kamekura M, Holmes ML, Dyall-Smith ML, Ventosa A. Taxonomic characterization of Haloferax sp. (" H. alicantei") strain Aa 2.2: description of Haloferax lucentensis sp. nov. Extremophiles 2002; 6:479-483.

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Holmes ML, Scopes RK, Moritz RL, Simpson RJ, Englert C, Pfeifer F, Dyall-Smith ML. Purification and analysis of an extremely halophilic beta-galactosidase from Haloferax alicantei. Biochim Biophys Acta 1997; 1337:276-286.

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Record number: 800998