Name: Halonotius pteroides Burns et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pte.ro.i’des. Gr. neut. n. pteron, wing; Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, like; N.L. adj. pteroides, wing-like, named after the shape of many of the cells, which are flattened rods with rounded ends that appear similar to the wings of small insects

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1.15.5; CECT 7525; DSM 18729; JCM 14355

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB576121 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Burns DG, Janssen PH, Itoh T, Kamekura M, Echigo A, Dyall-Smith ML. Halonotius pteroides gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon recovered from a saltern crystallizer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1196-1199.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halonotius Burns et al. 2010. Publication: Burns DG, Janssen PH, Itoh T, Kamekura M, Echigo A, Dyall-Smith ML. Halonotius pteroides gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon recovered from a saltern crystallizer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1196-1199.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halonotius Burns et al. 2010

Assigned by: Burns DG, Janssen PH, Itoh T, Kamekura M, Echigo A, Dyall-Smith ML. Halonotius pteroides gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon recovered from a saltern crystallizer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1196-1199.

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Record number: 788518