Name: Haloterrigena longa Cui et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lon’ga. L. fem. adj. longa, long, referring to the production of long rods in liquid medium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-ter-RI-ge-na LON-ga, feminine

Type strain: ABH32; CGMCC 1.5334; JCM 13562

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16S rRNA gene: AB663446 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 longum (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natrinema longum (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Natrinema ejinorense Castillo et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to De la Haba et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Natrinema ejinorense Castillo et al. 2006. 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 longa 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 3 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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