Name: Halosarcina pallida Savage et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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