Name: Haloterrigena saccharevitans Xu et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.char.e.vi’tans. N.L. gen. neut. n. sacchari, a kind of sugar; L. pres. part. evitans, avoiding; N.L. fem. part. adj. saccharevitans, sugar-avoiding, because it uses very few sugars

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-ter-RI-ge-na sak-k^har-e-WI-tans, feminine

Type strain: AB14; CGMCC 1.3730; JCM 12889

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663447 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu XW, Liu SJ, Tohty D, Oren A, Wu M, Zhou PJ. Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2539-2542. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natrinema saccharevitans (Xu et al. 2005) de la Haba et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Natrinema saccharevitans" (Xu et al. 2005) Rinke et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Natrinema saccharevitans (Xu et al. 2005) de la Haba et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Haloterrigena saccharevitans 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999

Assigned by: Xu XW, Liu SJ, Tohty D, Oren A, Wu M, Zhou PJ. Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2539-2542. 🇨🇳

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