Name: Halomonas ramblicola Luque et al. 2012
Etymology: ram.bli.co’la. Spanish fem. n. rambla, sandy ground; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ramblicola, inhabitant of a rambla. A rambla is a steep-sided river bed, often dry but subject to flash flooding. At other times pools of water tend to be hypersaline (cf. OED, 2nd edn, 1989, vol. XIII, p. 153), not synonymous with Arabic wadi
Type strain: CECT 7896; LMG 26647; RS-16
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16S rRNA gene: GU726750 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Luque R, Bejar V, Quesada E, Martinez-Checa F, Llamas I. Halomonas ramblicola sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from Rambla Salada, a Mediterranean hypersaline rambla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2903-2909.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980
Assigned by: Luque R, Bejar V, Quesada E, Martinez-Checa F, Llamas I. Halomonas ramblicola sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from Rambla Salada, a Mediterranean hypersaline rambla. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2903-2909.
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Record number: 790323