Name: Streptomonospora halophila Cai et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.phi’la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving, referring to the ability to grow at high NaCl concentrations

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45075; JCM 18123; KCTC 19236; YIM 91355

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16S rRNA gene: EF423989 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cai M, Zhi XY, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Li WJ. Streptomonospora halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a hypersaline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1556-1560.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.

Parent taxon: Streptomonospora corrig. Cui et al. 2001

Assigned by: Cai M, Zhi XY, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Xu LH, Li WJ. Streptomonospora halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a hypersaline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1556-1560.

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