Name: Halopiger aswanensis Hezayen et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: as.wan.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. aswanensis, isolated from a hypersaline soil in Aswan, Egypt

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 56; DSM 13151; JCM 11628

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663437 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hezayen FF, Gutierrez MC, Steinbuchel A, Tindall BJ, Rehm BH. Halopiger aswanensis sp. nov., a polymer-producing and extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from hypersaline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:633-637.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halopiger Gutiérrez et al. 2007

Assigned by: Hezayen FF, Gutierrez MC, Steinbuchel A, Tindall BJ, Rehm BH. Halopiger aswanensis sp. nov., a polymer-producing and extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from hypersaline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:633-637.

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Record number: 788394