Name: Haloplasma contractile Antunes et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.trac.ti’le. N.L. neut. adj. contractile, contractile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 18853; JCM 14575; SSD-17B

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF999972 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Wanner G, Taborda M, Patzold J, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Huber R. A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3580-3587.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 124. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2471-2472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloplasma Antunes et al. 2008. Publication: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Wanner G, Taborda M, Patzold J, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Huber R. A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3580-3587.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Antunes, Rainey, da Costa and Huber.

Parent taxon: Haloplasma Antunes et al. 2008

Assigned by: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Wanner G, Taborda M, Patzold J, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Huber R. A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3580-3587.

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