Name: Haloferax lucentense corrig. Gutierrez et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.cen.ten’se. L. neut. adj. lucentense, pertaining to the city of Lucentum, 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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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB081732 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 95. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Haloferax alicantei" Holmes et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Haloferax lucentensis Gutierrez et al. 2004	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Haloferax lucentense corrig. Gutierrez et al. 2004 was previously known as Haloferax sp., or Haloferax phenon K, or "Haloferax alicantei" Holmes et al. 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.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, lucentensis (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 95. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1-2.

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: 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.

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