Name: Haloplanus salilacus Zhang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’la.cus. L. masc. n. sal, salt; L. gen. masc. n. lacus, a lake; N.L. gen. masc. n. salilacus, of a salt lake

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-LI-la-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17177; CK5-1; JCM 34153

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16S rRNA gene: MK720947 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang QK, Zhu LR, Dong XY, Yang XY, Hou J, Cui HL. Salinirarus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., Haloplanus salilacus sp. nov., Haloplanus pelagicus sp. nov., Haloplanus halophilus sp. nov., Haloplanus halobius sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from commercial coarse salts with potential as starter cultures for salt-fermented foods. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2024; 0:0. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06068 (N = 19).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-04-08.

Parent taxon: Haloplanus Bardavid et al. 2007

Assigned by: Zhang QK, Zhu LR, Dong XY, Yang XY, Hou J, Cui HL. Salinirarus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., Haloplanus salilacus sp. nov., Haloplanus pelagicus sp. nov., Haloplanus halophilus sp. nov., Haloplanus halobius sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from commercial coarse salts with potential as starter cultures for salt-fermented foods. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2024; 0:0. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 64711