Name: "Halosimplex amylolyticum" Mao et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.cum. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. amylolyticum, degrading starch

Pronunciation, gender: a-my-lo-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.62752; DYHT-AS-1; DYHT-AS-1rrnA; JCM 37371

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Original publication: Mao YL, Tan S, Wang BB, Yang XY, Hou J, Cui HL. Halosimplex amylolyticum sp. nov., Halosimplex halobium sp. nov., Halosimplex marinum sp. nov., Halosimplex rarum sp. nov., Halovenus amylolytica sp. nov., Halovenus halobia sp. nov., and Halovenus marina sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from a marine tidal flat, a marine solar saltern, three coarse sea salts, and two saline lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126626.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Halosimplex Vreeland et al. 2003

Assigned by: Mao YL, Tan S, Wang BB, Yang XY, Hou J, Cui HL. Halosimplex amylolyticum sp. nov., Halosimplex halobium sp. nov., Halosimplex marinum sp. nov., Halosimplex rarum sp. nov., Halovenus amylolytica sp. nov., Halovenus halobia sp. nov., and Halovenus marina sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from a marine tidal flat, a marine solar saltern, three coarse sea salts, and two saline lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126626.

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Record number: 65885