Name: Haloferax prahovense Enache et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pra.ho.ven’se. N.L. neut. adj. prahovense, pertaining to Prahova county, Romania, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: … pra-ho-WEN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 18310; JCM 13924; TL6

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16S rRNA gene: AB663381 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Enache M, Itoh T, Kamekura M, Teodosiu G, Dumitru L. Haloferax prahovense sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a Romanian salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:393-397. 🇷🇴

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Haloferax Torreblanca et al. 1986

Assigned by: Enache M, Itoh T, Kamekura M, Teodosiu G, Dumitru L. Haloferax prahovense sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a Romanian salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:393-397. 🇷🇴

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Record number: 785916