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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Halobacterium sodomense Oren 1983

Etymology: so.do.men’se. N.L. neut. adj. sodomense, referring to Sodom

Pronunciation, gender: so-do-MEN-se, neuter

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

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16S rRNA gene: AB663420 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 sodomense (Oren 1983) McGenity and Grant 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halobacterium sodomense Oren 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halorubrum sodomense (Oren 1983) 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. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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