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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Haloferax litoreum

Name: Haloferax litoreum Cho et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.um. L. neut. adj. litoreum, living near the sea, of or belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation, gender: … li-TO-re-um, neuter

Type strain: JCM 34169; KCTC 4288; MBLA0076

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Effective publication: Cho ES, Cha IT, Roh SW, Seo MJ. Haloferax litoreum sp. nov., Haloferax marinisediminis sp. nov., and Haloferax marinum sp. nov., low salt-tolerant haloarchaea isolated from seawater and sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:2065-2082. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Cho ES, Cha IT, Roh SW, Seo MJ. Haloferax litoreum sp. nov., Haloferax marinisediminis sp. nov., and Haloferax marinum sp. nov., low salt-tolerant haloarchaea isolated from seawater and sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:2065-2082. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 65794
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