Name: Halomicroarcula limicola Zhang and Cui 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. limus, mud; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; L. masc./fem. n. limicola, mud-dweller

Pronunciation, gender: li-MI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12129; JCM 18640; YGHS32

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16S rRNA gene: KF582944 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang WJ, Cui HL. Halomicroarcula limicola sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halomicroarcula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1747-1751.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Haloarcula limicola (Zhang and Cui 2014) Ma et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloarcula limicola (Zhang and Cui 2014) Ma et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Halomicroarcula limicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Halomicroarcula.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Halomicroarcula Echigo et al. 2013

Assigned by: Zhang WJ, Cui HL. Halomicroarcula limicola sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halomicroarcula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1747-1751.

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Record number: 791836