Name: Halorubrobacterium saccharovorum (Tomlinson and Hochstein 1977) Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halobacterium saccharovorum Tomlinson and Hochstein 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.vo.rum. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. neut. adj. saccharovorum, sugar-devouring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29252; CIP 105329; DSM 1137; IFO 14717; JCM 8865; M6; NBRC 14717; NCIMB 2081; NCMB 2081; VKM B-1747

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16S rRNA gene: AB663419 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 saccharovorum (Tomlinson and Hochstein 1977) McGenity and Grant 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halorubrum saccharovorum (Tomlinson and Hochstein 1977) McGenity and Grant 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halobacterium saccharovorum Tomlinson and Hochstein 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halorubrobacterium Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996. 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.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the Validation List 57, the strain NCIMB 2981 is erroneously cited as NCIMB 2981. 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.
  • 🧍 Halorubrum saccharovorum 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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