Name: Haloterrigena thermotolerans Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. fem. part. adj. thermotolerans, heat tolerating

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-mo-TO-le-rans, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700275; DSM 11552; JCM 11050; NBRC 102635; PR5

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16S rRNA gene: AB663449 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Lopez-Garriga J, Vreeland RH, Oren A, Ventosa A, Kamekura M. Haloterrigena thermotolerans sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1065-1071.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

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	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Natrinema thermotolerans (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) de la Haba et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Haloterrigena jeotgali Roh et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to De la Haba et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Haloterrigena jeotgali Roh et al. 2009. 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 thermotolerans 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999

Assigned by: Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Lopez-Garriga J, Vreeland RH, Oren A, Ventosa A, Kamekura M. Haloterrigena thermotolerans sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1065-1071.

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Record number: 776822