Name: Halogeometricum limi (Cui et al. 2010) Qiu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halosarcina limi Cui et al. 2010

Etymology: li’mi. L. gen. masc. n. limi, of/from mud

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.8711; JCM 16054; RO1-6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663428 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qiu XX, Zhao ML, Han D, Zhang WJ, Dyall-Smith ML, Cui HL. Taxonomic study of the genera Halogeometricum and Halosarcina: transfer of Halosarcina limi and Halosarcina pallida to the genus Halogeometricum as Halogeometricum limi comb. nov. and Halogeometricum pallidum comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3915-3919.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halosarcina limi Cui et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998

Assigned by: Qiu XX, Zhao ML, Han D, Zhang WJ, Dyall-Smith ML, Cui HL. Taxonomic study of the genera Halogeometricum and Halosarcina: transfer of Halosarcina limi and Halosarcina pallida to the genus Halogeometricum as Halogeometricum limi comb. nov. and Halogeometricum pallidum comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3915-3919.

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Record number: 791171