Name: Halosarcina limi Cui et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li’mi. L. gen. masc. n. limi, of/from mud

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.8711; JCM 16054; RO1-6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663428 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cui HL, Gao X, Li XY, Xu XW, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Zhou PJ. Halosarcina limi sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halosarcina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2462-3466.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:4-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halogeometricum limi (Cui et al. 2010) Qiu et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halogeometricum limi (Cui et al. 2010) Qiu et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Halosarcina limi 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 Halosarcina.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Halosarcina Savage et al. 2008

Assigned by: Cui HL, Gao X, Li XY, Xu XW, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Zhou PJ. Halosarcina limi sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a marine solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Halosarcina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2462-3466.

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