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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Halomonas litopenaei

Name: Halomonas litopenaei Xue et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.pe.nae’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. litopenaei, of Litopenaeus the generic name of the Pacific white shrimp, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a culture pond of Litopenaeus vannamei

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCTC 42974; NBRC 111829; SYSU ZJ2214; ZJ2214

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP301091 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xue M, Wen CQ, Liu L, Fang BZ, Salam N, Huang XM, Liu YF, Xiao M, Li WJ. Halomonas litopenaei sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from a shrimp hatchery. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3914-3921. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980

Assigned by: Xue M, Wen CQ, Liu L, Fang BZ, Salam N, Huang XM, Liu YF, Xiao M, Li WJ. Halomonas litopenaei sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from a shrimp hatchery. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3914-3921. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 798007
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