Name: Haloferax namakaokahaiae McDuff et al. 2017
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
Type strain: DSM 29988; LMG 29162; Mke2.3
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16S rRNA gene: KT970727 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
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