Species ***Halomonas* *halmophila***

Name: Halomonas halmophila (Elazari-Volcani 1940) Franzmann et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flavobacterium halmophilum corrig. Elazari-Volcani 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: hal.mo’phi.la. Gr. fem. n. halmê, brine, seawater; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halmophila, seawater loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-LO-mo-nas hal-MO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: ACAM 71; ATCC 19717; CIP 105455; DSM 5349; IFO 15537; JCM 21222; LMG 4023; NBRC 15537; NCIMB 1971; NCMB 1971

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ306889 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Franzmann PD, Wehmeyer U, Stackebrandt E. Halomonadaceae fam. nov., a new family of the class Proteobacteria to accommodate the genera Halomonas and Deleya. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:16-19. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 29. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Flavobacterium halmophilum corrig. Elazari-Volcani 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Flavobacterium halmephilium Elazari-Volcani 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Emendations:
- Dobson et al. 1990 Dobson SJ, James SR, Franzmann PD, McMeekin TA. Emended description of Halomonas halmophila (NCMB 1971T). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:462-463. 🇦🇺

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980

Assigned by: Franzmann PD, Wehmeyer U, Stackebrandt E. Halomonadaceae fam. nov., a new family of the class Proteobacteria to accommodate the genera Halomonas and Deleya. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:16-19. 🇦🇺

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Species Halomonas halmophila

Species ***Halomonas* *halmophila***