Name: Rhodohalobacter halophilus Xia et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: JCM 31413; JZ3C29; KCTC 52046; MCCC 1H00131

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU862657 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xia J, Xie ZH, Dunlap CA, Rooney AP, Du ZJ. Rhodohalobacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic member of the family Balneolaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1281-1287. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodohalobacter Xia et al. 2017. Publication: Xia J, Xie ZH, Dunlap CA, Rooney AP, Du ZJ. Rhodohalobacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic member of the family Balneolaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1281-1287. 🇨🇳
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Rhodohalobacter Xia et al. 2017

Assigned by: Xia J, Xie ZH, Dunlap CA, Rooney AP, Du ZJ. Rhodohalobacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic member of the family Balneolaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1281-1287. 🇨🇳

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