Name: Halogeometricum borinquense Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo.rin.qu.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. borinquense, of Borinquen, the native Indian name for Puerto Rico

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700274; DSM 11551; JCM 10706; PR 3

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16S rRNA gene: AB663384 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Vreeland RH, Oren A, Kessel M, Betancourt C, Lopez-Garriga J. Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1305-1312.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998. Publication: Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Vreeland RH, Oren A, Kessel M, Betancourt C, Lopez-Garriga J. Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1305-1312.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Malfatti S, Tindall BJ, Schneider S, Fahnrich R, Lapidus A, Labuttii K, Copeland A, Glavina Del Rio T, Nolan M, Chen F, et al. Complete genome sequence of Halogeometricum borinquense type strain (PR3). Stand Genomic Sci 2009; 1:150-159.

Parent taxon: Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998

Assigned by: Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Vreeland RH, Oren A, Kessel M, Betancourt C, Lopez-Garriga J. Halogeometricum borinquense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1305-1312.

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