Name: Halogeometricum pallidum (Savage et al. 2008) Qiu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halosarcina pallida Savage et al. 2008

Etymology: pal’li.dum. L. neut. adj. pallidum, pale

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PAL-li-dum, neuter

Type strain: BZ256; JCM 14848; KCTC 4017

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663429 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 pallida Savage et al. 2008	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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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: 791172