Name: Halorhabdus tiamatea Antunes et al. 2008
Etymology: ti.a.ma.te’a. N.L. fem. adj. tiamatea, belonging to, or related to, Tiamat, the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of ‘the primal abyss’and salty water
Type strain: DSM 18392; JCM 14471; SARL4B
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16S rRNA gene: AB576122 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Antunes A, Taborda M, Huber R, Moissl C, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Halorhabdus tiamatea sp. nov., a non-pigmented, extremely halophilic archaeon from a deep-sea, hypersaline anoxic basin of the Red Sea, and emended description of the genus Halorhabdus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:215-220.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Halorhabdus Wainø et al. 2000
Assigned by: Antunes A, Taborda M, Huber R, Moissl C, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Halorhabdus tiamatea sp. nov., a non-pigmented, extremely halophilic archaeon from a deep-sea, hypersaline anoxic basin of the Red Sea, and emended description of the genus Halorhabdus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:215-220.
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