Name: Halorarum halobium Zhu et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’bi.um. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. adj. halobium, living in salt

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-RA-rum ha-LO-bi-um, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17028; JCM 34145; XH14

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16S rRNA gene: MK720966 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhu LR, Nwankwo C, Hou J, Cui HL. Halobellus marinus sp. nov., Halobellus ordinarius sp. nov., Halobaculum rarum sp. nov., and Halorarum halobium sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from marine solar salt and a saline lake. Extremophiles 2025; 29:13. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Halorarum halobium is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Halorarum.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-04.

Parent taxon: Halorarum Tan et al. 2024

Assigned by: Zhu LR, Nwankwo C, Hou J, Cui HL. Halobellus marinus sp. nov., Halobellus ordinarius sp. nov., Halobaculum rarum sp. nov., and Halorarum halobium sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from marine solar salt and a saline lake. Extremophiles 2025; 29:13. 🇨🇳

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