Name: Halopeptonella vilamensis Menes et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.lam.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. vilamensis, pertaining to Laguna Vilama, Jujuy, Argentina

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21056; JCM 16388; NCIMB 14596; SV525

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU557314 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Menes RJ, Viera CE, Farias ME, Seufferheld MJ. Halopeptonella vilamensis gen. nov, sp. nov., a halophilic strictly aerobic bacterium of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2016; 20:19-25.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Spiribacter vilamensis (Menes et al. 2016) León et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spiribacter vilamensis (Menes et al. 2016) León et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halopeptonella Menes et al. 2016. Publication: Menes RJ, Viera CE, Farias ME, Seufferheld MJ. Halopeptonella vilamensis gen. nov, sp. nov., a halophilic strictly aerobic bacterium of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2016; 20:19-25.
  • ❗ Halopeptonella vilamensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Halopeptonella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halopeptonella Menes et al. 2016

Assigned by: Menes RJ, Viera CE, Farias ME, Seufferheld MJ. Halopeptonella vilamensis gen. nov, sp. nov., a halophilic strictly aerobic bacterium of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2016; 20:19-25.

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Record number: 793423