Name: Halomicrobium zhouii Yang and Cui 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zhou’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. zhouii, of Zhou, named in honour of Professor Pei-Jin Zhou, for his contributions to the study of halophilic archaea

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.10457; JCM 17095; TBN51

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16S rRNA gene: AB771432 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang X, Cui HL. Halomicrobium zhouii sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1235-1240.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halomicrobium Oren et al. 2002

Assigned by: Yang X, Cui HL. Halomicrobium zhouii sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1235-1240.

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Record number: 789913