Name: Halorubrobacterium sodomense (Oren 1983) Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halobacterium sodomense Oren 1983

Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. sodomense, pertaining to the Sea of Sodom, the Talmudic name for the Dead Sea

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 33755; CIP 105330; DSM 3755; IFO 14740; JCM 8880; NBRC 14740; NCIMB 2197; Strain RD 26; VKM B-1771

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X82169 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, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halorubrum sodomense (Oren 1983) McGenity and Grant 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halorubrum sodomense (Oren 1983) McGenity and Grant 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Halobacterium sodomense Oren 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Halorubrum sodomense 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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