Name: Halorubrum gandharaense Kondo et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gand.ha.ra.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. gandharaense, of or belonging to Gandhara, an ancient kingdom in Pakistan [probably better: gandharense]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-RU-brum gand-ha-ra-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CECT 7963; JCM 17823; MK13-1

16S rRNA gene: AB563178 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kondo Y, Minegishi H, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Takahashi-Ando N, Fukushima Y, Yoshida Y, et al. Halorubrum gandharaense sp. nov., an alkaliphilic haloarchaeon from commercial rock salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2345-2350. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Halorubrum McGenity and Grant 1996

Assigned by: Kondo Y, Minegishi H, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Takahashi-Ando N, Fukushima Y, Yoshida Y, et al. Halorubrum gandharaense sp. nov., an alkaliphilic haloarchaeon from commercial rock salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2345-2350. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 793088

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