Name: Halovenus amylolytica Mao et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, starch-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-WE-nus a-my-lo-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.14961; JCM 30833; SHR40

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PV162501 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mao YL, Tan S, Wang BB, Yang XY, Hou J, Cui HL. Halosimplex amylolyticum sp. nov., Halosimplex halobium sp. nov., Halosimplex marinum sp. nov., Halosimplex rarum sp. nov., Halovenus amylolytica sp. nov., Halovenus halobia sp. nov., and Halovenus marina sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from a marine tidal flat, a marine solar saltern, three coarse sea salts, and two saline lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126626. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.

Parent taxon: Halovenus Makhdoumi-Kakhki et al. 2012

Assigned by: Mao YL, Tan S, Wang BB, Yang XY, Hou J, Cui HL. Halosimplex amylolyticum sp. nov., Halosimplex halobium sp. nov., Halosimplex marinum sp. nov., Halosimplex rarum sp. nov., Halovenus amylolytica sp. nov., Halovenus halobia sp. nov., and Halovenus marina sp. nov., halophilic archaea isolated from a marine tidal flat, a marine solar saltern, three coarse sea salts, and two saline lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126626. 🇨🇳

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