Name: Halorhabdus tiamatea Antunes et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18392; JCM 14471; SARL4B

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

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: 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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Record number: 787135