Name: Haloplanus natans Bardavid et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na’tans. L. part. adj. natans, swimming, floating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 17983; JCM 14081; RE-101

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663396 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bardavid RE, Mana L, Oren A. Haloplanus natans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, gas-vacuolate archaeon isolated from Dead Sea-Red Sea water mixtures in experimental outdoor ponds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:780-783.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloplanus Bardavid et al. 2007. Publication: Bardavid RE, Mana L, Oren A. Haloplanus natans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, gas-vacuolate archaeon isolated from Dead Sea-Red Sea water mixtures in experimental outdoor ponds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:780-783.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Haloplanus Bardavid et al. 2007

Assigned by: Bardavid RE, Mana L, Oren A. Haloplanus natans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, gas-vacuolate archaeon isolated from Dead Sea-Red Sea water mixtures in experimental outdoor ponds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:780-783.

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