Name: Haloterrigena mahii Ding et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’hi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mahii, of Mah, in honour of R. A. Mah at UCLA for his noteworthy research in the areas of archaea isolation and classification, and also for initiating the solar saltern sampling in this study

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-ter-RI-ge-na MA-hi-i, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 910151; H 13; NBRC 111885

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16S rRNA gene: KY349160 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ding JY, Chen SC, Lai MC, Liao TL. Haloterrigena mahii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1333-1338. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natrinema mahii (Ding et al. 2017) de la Haba et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natrinema mahii (Ding et al. 2017) de la Haba et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Haloterrigena mahii 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999

Assigned by: Ding JY, Chen SC, Lai MC, Liao TL. Haloterrigena mahii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1333-1338. 🇹🇼

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