Name: Melghirimyces thermohalophilus Addou et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermohalophilus, heat- and salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 60050; DSM 45514; Nari11A

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX861508 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Addou AN, Schumann P, Sproer C, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Amarouche-Yala S, Hacene H, Cayol JL, Fardeau ML. Melghirimyces thermohalophilus sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from an Algerian salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1717-1722.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00062 (N = 18).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Melghirimyces Addou et al. 2012

Assigned by: Addou AN, Schumann P, Sproer C, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Amarouche-Yala S, Hacene H, Cayol JL, Fardeau ML. Melghirimyces thermohalophilus sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from an Algerian salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1717-1722.

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Record number: 790744