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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Haloferax massiliense"

Name: "Haloferax massiliense" Khelaifia et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, of Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: … mas-si-li-EN-se, neuter

Nomenclatural type: Arc-Hr; CECT 9307; CSUR P0974

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16S rRNA gene: HG964472 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Khelaifia S, Caputo A, Andrieu C, Cadoret F, Armstrong N, Michelle C, Lagier JC, Djossou F, Fournier PE, Raoult D. Genome sequence and description of Haloferax massiliense sp. nov., a new halophilic archaeon isolated from the human gut. Extremophiles 2018; 22:485-498. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Khelaifia S, Caputo A, Andrieu C, Cadoret F, Armstrong N, Michelle C, Lagier JC, Djossou F, Fournier PE, Raoult D. Genome sequence and description of Haloferax massiliense sp. nov., a new halophilic archaeon isolated from the human gut. Extremophiles 2018; 22:485-498. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 1513
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