Name: Isoptericola halotolerans Zhang et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating, referring to the organism's ability to tolerate high salt concentrations

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16376; JCM 13590; KCTC 19046; YIM 70177

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY789835 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Li WJ, Chen GZ, Tian XP, Stackebrandt E, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Isoptericola halotolerans sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from saline soil from Qinghai Province, north-west China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1867-1870.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.

Parent taxon: Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Assigned by: Zhang YQ, Schumann P, Li WJ, Chen GZ, Tian XP, Stackebrandt E, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Isoptericola halotolerans sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from saline soil from Qinghai Province, north-west China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1867-1870.

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