Name: Halorubrum chaoviator Mancinelli et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cha.o.vi.a’tor. Gr. neut. n. chaos, empty space, the void; L. masc. n. viator, traveller; N.L. masc. n. chaoviator, the traveller of the void, referring to the exposure of the type strain to conditions of outer space in the Biopan facility (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1602; DSM 19316; Halo-G*; NCIMB 14426

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663407 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mancinelli RL, Landheim R, Sanchez-Porro C, Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer M, Gruber C, Legat A, Ventosa A, Radax C, Ihara K, White MR, et al. Halorubrum chaoviator sp. nov., a haloarchaeon isolated from sea salt in Baja California, Mexico, Western Australia and Naxos, Greece. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1908-1913.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halorubrum ezzemoulense Kharroub et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halorubrum ezzemoulense Kharroub et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Corral et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Halorubrum ezzemoulense Kharroub et al. 2006. Publication: Corral P, de la Haba RR, Infante-Dominguez C, Sanchez-Porro C, Amoozegar MA, Papke RT, Ventosa A. Halorubrum chaoviator Mancinelli et al. 2009 is a later, heterotypic synonym of Halorubrum ezzemoulense Kharroub et al. 2006. Emended description of Halorubrum ezzemoulense Kharroub et al. 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3657-3665.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:297-298.
  • ❗ Halorubrum chaoviator is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Halorubrum.
  • 😷 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 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halorubrum McGenity and Grant 1996

Assigned by: Mancinelli RL, Landheim R, Sanchez-Porro C, Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer M, Gruber C, Legat A, Ventosa A, Radax C, Ihara K, White MR, et al. Halorubrum chaoviator sp. nov., a haloarchaeon isolated from sea salt in Baja California, Mexico, Western Australia and Naxos, Greece. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1908-1913.

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