Name: Haloplanus vescus Cui et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ves’cus. L. masc. adj. vescus, thin and weak

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … WES-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.8712; JCM 16055; RO5-8

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16S rRNA gene: AB663397 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cui HL, Gao X, Li XY, Xu XW, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Zhou PJ. Haloplanus vescus sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Haloplanus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1824-1827. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Haloplanus Bardavid et al. 2007

Assigned by: Cui HL, Gao X, Li XY, Xu XW, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Zhou PJ. Haloplanus vescus sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Haloplanus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1824-1827. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 788657