Name: Halopelagius longus Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lon’gus. L. masc. adj. longus, long, extended, referring to the production of long rods in liquid medium

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BC12-B1; CGMCC 1.12397; JCM 18758

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX518988 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang X, Zhang WY, Shen AH, Huo YY, Zhu XF, Wu M. Halopelagius longus sp. nov., a member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from a salt mine, and emended description of the genus Halopelagius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3585-3590.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14846 (N = 14).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halopelagius Cui et al. 2010

Assigned by: Zhang X, Zhang WY, Shen AH, Huo YY, Zhu XF, Wu M. Halopelagius longus sp. nov., a member of the family Halobacteriaceae isolated from a salt mine, and emended description of the genus Halopelagius. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3585-3590.

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