Name: "Candidatus Muiribacterium halophilum" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. halophilum, salt loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BM706

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PKTG01000148 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Barnum TP, Figueroa IA, Carlstrom CI, Lucas LN, Engelbrektson AL, Coates JD. Genome-resolved metagenomics identifies genetic mobility, metabolic interactions, and unexpected diversity in perchlorate-reducing communities. ISME J 2018; 12:1568-1581.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Muiribacterium halophilum" Chuvochina et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Candidatus Muirbacterium halophilum" Barnum et al. 2018	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Muiribacterium" corrig. Barnum et al. 2018

Assigned by: Barnum TP, Figueroa IA, Carlstrom CI, Lucas LN, Engelbrektson AL, Coates JD. Genome-resolved metagenomics identifies genetic mobility, metabolic interactions, and unexpected diversity in perchlorate-reducing communities. ISME J 2018; 12:1568-1581.

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Record number: 22114