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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Haloferax massiliensis"

Name: "Haloferax massiliensis" Khelaifia and Raoult 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. massiliensis, sic

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

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

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16S rRNA gene: HG964472 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Khelaifia S, Raoult D. Haloferax massiliensis sp. nov., the first human-associated halophilic archaea. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 12:96-98. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Haloferax massiliense" Khelaifia et al. 2018

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Khelaifia S, Raoult D. Haloferax massiliensis sp. nov., the first human-associated halophilic archaea. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 12:96-98. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 1514
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