Species Halomonas israelensis

Name: Halomonas israelensis Huval et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: is.rae.len’sis. N.L. fem. adj. israelensis, pertaining to Israel

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-LO-mo-nas is-ra͡e-LEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 6768; ATCC 43985; Ba1; CCM 4920; CECT 5287; CIP 106853; DSM 6768; LMG 19546; NCIMB 13766

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16S rRNA gene: AJ295144 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huval JH, Latta R, Wallace R, Kushner DJ, Vreeland RH. Description of two new species of Halomonas: Halomonas israelensis sp.nov. and Halomonas canadensis sp.nov. Can J Microbiol 1995; 41:1124-1131.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Chromohalobacter israelensis (Huval et al. 1996) Arahal et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chromohalobacter salexigens Arahal et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Chromohalobacter israelensis (Huval et al. 1996) Arahal et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to De la Haba et al. (2023), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Chromohalobacter salexigens Arahal et al. 2001. Publication: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707. 🇪🇸
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
- ❗ Halomonas israelensis 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 Halomonas.
- 😷 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980

Assigned by: Huval JH, Latta R, Wallace R, Kushner DJ, Vreeland RH. Description of two new species of Halomonas: Halomonas israelensis sp.nov. and Halomonas canadensis sp.nov. Can J Microbiol 1995; 41:1124-1131.

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Species Halomonas israelensis