Name: Haloterrigena limicola Cui et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. limus, mud; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; L. masc./fem. n. limicola, mud-dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-ter-RI-ge-na li-MI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: AX-7; CGMCC 1.5333; JCM 13563

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16S rRNA gene: AB663445 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cui HL, Tohty D, Zhou PJ, Liu SJ. Haloterrigena longa sp. nov. and Haloterrigena limicola sp. nov., extremely halophilic archaea isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1837-1840. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natrinema limicola (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natrinema limicola (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Natrinema limicola" (Cui et al. 2006) Rinke et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Haloterrigena limicola 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 2026-08-13. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999

Assigned by: Cui HL, Tohty D, Zhou PJ, Liu SJ. Haloterrigena longa sp. nov. and Haloterrigena limicola sp. nov., extremely halophilic archaea isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1837-1840. 🇨🇳

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