Name: Haloferula luteola Bibi et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.te’o.la. L. fem. adj. luteola, yellowish

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21608; KCTC 22447; YC6886

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ032193 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bibi F, Chung EJ, Yoon HS, Song GC, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Haloferula luteola sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the root of a halophyte, Rosa rugosa, and emended description of the genus Haloferula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1837-1841.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06080 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Haloferula Yoon et al. 2008

Assigned by: Bibi F, Chung EJ, Yoon HS, Song GC, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Haloferula luteola sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the root of a halophyte, Rosa rugosa, and emended description of the genus Haloferula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1837-1841.

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