Name: Halomicrobium mukohataei (Ihara et al. 1997) Oren et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Haloarcula mukohataei Ihara et al. 1997

Etymology: mu.ko.ha.tae’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mukohataei, of Mukohata, named after Yasuo Mukohata, Japanese biochemist and biophysicist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: arg-2; ATCC 700874; CIP 105174; DSM 12286; JCM 9738; NCIMB 13541

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16S rRNA gene: AB663392 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oren A, Elevi R, Watanabe S, Ihara K, Corcelli A. Halomicrobium mukohataei gen. nov., comb. nov., and emended description of Halomicrobium mukohataei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1831-1835.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomicrobium katesii Kharroub et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haloarcula mukohataei Ihara et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002. Publication: Oren A, Elevi R, Watanabe S, Ihara K, Corcelli A. Halomicrobium mukohataei gen. nov., comb. nov., and emended description of Halomicrobium mukohataei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1831-1835.
  • ⏰ According to Xin et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Halomicrobium katesii Kharroub et al. 2008. Publication: Xin YJ, Bao CX, Li SY, Hu XY, Zhu L, Wei W, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based taxonomy of genera Halomicrobium and Halosiccatus, and description of Halomicrobium salinisoli sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126308.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 8 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: Tindall BJ, Schneider S, Lapidus A, Copeland A, Glavina Del Rio T, Nolan M, Lucas S, Chen F, Tice H, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of Halomicrobium mukohataei type strain (arg-2). Stand Genomic Sci 2009; 1:270-277.

Parent taxon: Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002

Assigned by: Oren A, Elevi R, Watanabe S, Ihara K, Corcelli A. Halomicrobium mukohataei gen. nov., comb. nov., and emended description of Halomicrobium mukohataei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1831-1835.

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