Name: Haloferax namakaokahaiae McDuff et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na.ma.ka.o.ka.hai’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. namakaokahaiae, from Namakaokahai, older sister of Pele and goddess of the oceans and water, namakaokahaiae, in recognition of the seaside source of the isolate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 29988; LMG 29162; Mke2.3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ON945577 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McDuff S, King GM, Neupane S, Myers MR. Isolation and characterization of extremely halophilic CO-oxidizing Euryarchaeota from hypersaline cinders, sediments and soils and description of a novel CO oxidizer, Haloferax namakaokahaiae Mke2.3T, sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 92:fiw028. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 177. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3140-3143.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: McDuff S, King GM, Neupane S, Myers MR. Isolation and characterization of extremely halophilic CO-oxidizing Euryarchaeota from hypersaline cinders, sediments and soils and description of a novel CO oxidizer, Haloferax namakaokahaiae Mke2.3T, sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 92:fiw028. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 794080