Name: Halogeometricum rufum Cui et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’fum. L. neut. adj. rufum, red

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7736; JCM 15770; RO1-4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663385 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cui HL, Yang X, Gao X, Li XY, Xu XW, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Zhou PJ. Halogeometricum rufum sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halogeometricum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2613-2617.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 1998

Assigned by: Cui HL, Yang X, Gao X, Li XY, Xu XW, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Zhou PJ. Halogeometricum rufum sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halogeometricum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2613-2617.

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