Name: Haloferax mediterranei (Rodriguez-Valera et al. 1983) Torreblanca et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halobacterium mediterranei Rodriguez-Valera et al. 1983

Etymology: me.di.ter.ra.ne’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. mediterranei, of the Mediterranean Sea (from L. Mediterraneum mare)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33500; CCM 3361; DSM 1411; IFO 14739; JCM 8866; NBRC 14739; Strain R-4; VKM B-1748

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663379 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Torreblanca M, Rodriguez-Valera F, Juez G, Ventosa A, Kamemura M, Kates M. Classification of non-alkaliphilic halobacteria based on numerical taxonomy and polar lipid composition, and description of Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:89-99.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halobacterium mediterranei Rodriguez-Valera et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12151 (N = 19).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 223 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the reference citation of Haloferax mediterranei (see: Validation List no. 23), the author's name Kamekura is erroneously cited as Kamemura. Publication: Torreblanca M, Rodriguez-Valera F, Juez G, Ventosa A, Kamekura M, Kates M. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:89-99.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Torreblanca M, Rodriguez-Valera F, Juez G, Ventosa A, Kamemura M, Kates M. Classification of non-alkaliphilic halobacteria based on numerical taxonomy and polar lipid composition, and description of Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:89-99.

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