Name: Halomonas alkaliantarctica Poli et al. 2011
Etymology: al.ka.li.an.tarc.ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort) (indeclinable); L. adj. antarcticus -a -um, southern, Antarctic; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliantarctica, related to the ability to grow at pH alkaline and isolated from Antarctica
Type strain: ATCC BAA-848; CRSS; DSM 15686
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16S rRNA gene: AJ564880 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Poli A, Esposito E, Orlando P, Lama L, Giordano A, de Appolonia F, Nicolaus B, Gambacorta A. Halomonas alkaliantarctica sp. nov., isolated from saline lake Cape Russell in Antarctica, an alkalophilic moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:31-38.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980
Assigned by: Poli A, Esposito E, Orlando P, Lama L, Giordano A, de Appolonia F, Nicolaus B, Gambacorta A. Halomonas alkaliantarctica sp. nov., isolated from saline lake Cape Russell in Antarctica, an alkalophilic moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:31-38.
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