Name: Halorubrobacterium coriense corrig. Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.ri.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. coriense, pertaining to Corio, a saltern along Corio Bay, Geelong, Australia, where the organism was originally isolated [probably better: corionense]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ACM 3911; Ch2; CIP 105331; DSM 10284; JCM 9275

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663409 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kamekura M, Dyall-Smith ML. Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae and the description of two new genera Halorubrobacterium and Natrialba. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:333-350.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halorubrum coriense (Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996) Oren and Ventosa 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halorubrobacterium coriensis Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Halorubrum coriense (Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996) Oren and Ventosa 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Genus name Halorubrum has priority over Halorubrobacterium; name corrected on the occasion of validation. Publication: McGenity T, Grant WD. Transfer of Halobacterium saccharovorum, Halobacterium sodomense, Halobacterium trapanicum NRC 34021 and Halobacterium lacusprofundi to the genus Halorubrum gen. nov., as Halorubrum saccharovorum comb. nov., Halorubrum sodomense comb. nov., Halorubrum trapanicum comb. nov., and Halorubrum lacusprofundi comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:237-243.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. A proposal for the transfer of Halorubrobacterium distributum and Halorubrobacterium coriense to the genus Halorubrum as Halorubrum distributum comb. nov. and Halorubrum coriense comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:1180.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, coriensis (sic), has been corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB 1996. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Parent taxon: Halorubrobacterium Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996

Assigned by: Kamekura M, Dyall-Smith ML. Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae and the description of two new genera Halorubrobacterium and Natrialba. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:333-350.

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