Name: Haloterrigena jeotgali Roh et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: je.ot.ga’li. N.L. gen. neut. n. jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A29; CECT 7218; DSM 18794; JCM 14585; KCTC 4020

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663444 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Roh SW, Nam YD, Chang HW, Kim KH, Sung Y, Kim MS, Oh HM, Bae JW. Haloterrigena jeotgali sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from salt-fermented food. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2359-2363.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natrinema thermotolerans (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) de la Haba et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Natrinema thermotolerans" (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) Rinke et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Natrinema thermotolerans (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) de la Haba et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haloterrigena thermotolerans Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to De la Haba et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Natrinema thermotolerans" (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) Rinke et al. 2021. Publication: de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Shimane Y, Ventosa A. Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740909.
  • ⏲ According to De la Haba et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Haloterrigena thermotolerans Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000. Publication: de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Shimane Y, Ventosa A. Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740909.
  • ⏲ According to De la Haba et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Natrinema thermotolerans (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) de la Haba et al. 2022. Publication: de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Shimane Y, Ventosa A. Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740909.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.
  • ❗ Haloterrigena jeotgali 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 Haloterrigena.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999

Assigned by: Roh SW, Nam YD, Chang HW, Kim KH, Sung Y, Kim MS, Oh HM, Bae JW. Haloterrigena jeotgali sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from salt-fermented food. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2359-2363.

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