Name: Haloprofundus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ris.ru’bri. L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), the sea; L. masc. adj. ruber, red; N.L. gen. neut. n. marisrubri, of the Red Sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.14959; JCM 19565; SB9

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ999759 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang G, Gu J, Zhang R, Rashid M, Haroon MF, Xun W, Ruan Z, Dong X, Stingl U. Haloprofundus marisrubri gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a brine-seawater interface. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:9-16.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:765-766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Haloprofundus Zhang et al. 2017. Publication: Zhang G, Gu J, Zhang R, Rashid M, Haroon MF, Xun W, Ruan Z, Dong X, Stingl U. Haloprofundus marisrubri gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a brine-seawater interface. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:9-16.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Haloprofundus Zhang et al. 2017

Assigned by: Zhang G, Gu J, Zhang R, Rashid M, Haroon MF, Xun W, Ruan Z, Dong X, Stingl U. Haloprofundus marisrubri gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a brine-seawater interface. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:9-16.

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