Name: Longimonas haloalkaliphila Sorokin et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hal.o.al.ka.li’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (from Arabic al-qalyi the ashes of saltwort) (indeclinable); N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. haloalkaliphila, salt and alkali-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BSker3; JCM 31343; UNIQEM U1010

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16S rRNA gene: KU720570 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Khijniak TV, Galinski EA, Kublanov IV. Natronotalea proteinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longimonas haloalkaliphila sp. nov., extremely haloalkaliphilic members of the phylum Rhodothermaeota from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4161-4167.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Longimonas Xia et al. 2015

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Khijniak TV, Galinski EA, Kublanov IV. Natronotalea proteinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longimonas haloalkaliphila sp. nov., extremely haloalkaliphilic members of the phylum Rhodothermaeota from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4161-4167.

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Record number: 796069