Name: "Micrococcus halodenitrificans" Robinson and Gibbons 1952

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. pres. part. nitrificans, nitrifying; N.L. masc. part. adj. halodenitrificans, salt (requiring) denitrifying

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KOK-kus ha-lo-de-ni-TRI-fi-kans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13511; CIP 105456; DSM 735; IFO 14912; NBRC 14912

16S rRNA gene: AB680702 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Robinson J, Gibbons NE. The effect of salts on the growth of Micrococcus halodenitrificans n. sp. Canadian Journal of Botany 1952; 30:147-154.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Halomonas halodenitrificans (Robinson and Gibbons 1952) Dobson and Franzmann 1996

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Robinson J, Gibbons NE. The effect of salts on the growth of Micrococcus halodenitrificans n. sp. Canadian Journal of Botany 1952; 30:147-154.

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Record number: 4241

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