Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Halomonas neptunia

Name: Halomonas neptunia Kaye et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nep.tu’ni.a. L. fem. adj. neptunia, Neptunian, pertaining to Neptunus, Roman god of the sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-805; BAA-805; CECT 5815; DSM 15720; Eplume1

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16S rRNA gene: AF212202 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaye JZ, Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Baross JA. Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:499-511.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980

Assigned by: Kaye JZ, Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Baross JA. Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:499-511.

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Record number: 776780
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