Name: Halorubrobacterium lacusprofundi (Franzmann et al. 1989) Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halobacterium lacusprofundi Franzmann et al. 1989

Etymology: la.cus.pro.fun.di. L. gen. neut. n. profundi, of a deep place; N.L. gen. masc. n. lacusprofundi, of the deep lake, referring to Deep Lake, Antarctica, where the organism was originally isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ACAM 34; ACM 3107; ATCC 49239; CIP 105334; DSM 5036; JCM 8891; UQM 3107; VKM B-1753

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663414 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 lacusprofundi (Franzmann et al. 1989) McGenity and Grant 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halobacterium lacusprofundi Franzmann et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halorubrum lacusprofundi (Franzmann et al. 1989) McGenity and Grant 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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Halorubrum lacusprofundi McGenity and Grant 1996 (IJSB 46:326) has priority. Publication: Artiushin S, Minion FC. Arbitrarily primed PCR analysis of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae field isolates demonstrates genetic heterogeneity. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:324-328.
  • 🧍 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.

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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