Name: Halopiger aswanensis Hezayen et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: as.wa.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. aswanensis, isolated from a hypersaline soil in Aswan, Egypt

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … as-wa-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 56; DSM 13151; JCM 11628

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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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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