Name: Halosarcina pallida Savage et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pal’li.da. L. fem. adj. pallida, pale

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PAL-li-da, feminine

Type strain: BZ256; JCM 14848; KCTC 4017

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663429 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Savage KN, Krumholz LR, Oren A, Elshahed MS. Halosarcina pallida gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:856-860. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halogeometricum pallidum (Savage et al. 2008) Qiu et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halogeometricum pallidum (Savage et al. 2008) Qiu et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halosarcina Savage et al. 2008. Publication: Savage KN, Krumholz LR, Oren A, Elshahed MS. Halosarcina pallida gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:856-860. 🇺🇸
  • ❗ Halosarcina pallida 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. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Halosarcina Savage et al. 2008

Assigned by: Savage KN, Krumholz LR, Oren A, Elshahed MS. Halosarcina pallida gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a low-salt, sulfide-rich spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:856-860. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 787294