Name: Volcaniella eurihalina Quesada et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: eu.ri.ha.li.na. Gr. masc. adj. eurys, wide, broad; Gr. masc. adj. halinos, of salt; N.L. fem. adj. eurihalina, growing at a wide range of salt concentrations

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49336; CIP 106091; DSM 5720; F9-6

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16S rRNA gene: X87218 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Quesada E, Valderrama MJ, Bejar V, Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F, Ramos-Cormenzana A. Volcaniella eurihalina gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic nonmotile gram-negative rod. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:261-267.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halomonas eurihalina (Quesada et al. 1990) Mellado et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomonas eurihalina (Quesada et al. 1990) Mellado et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Volcaniella Quesada et al. 1990. Publication: Quesada E, Valderrama MJ, Bejar V, Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F, Ramos-Cormenzana A. Volcaniella eurihalina gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic nonmotile gram-negative rod. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:261-267.
  • ❗ Volcaniella eurihalina is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Volcaniella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.

Parent taxon: Volcaniella Quesada et al. 1990

Assigned by: Quesada E, Valderrama MJ, Bejar V, Ventosa A, Gutierrez MC, Ruiz-Berraquero F, Ramos-Cormenzana A. Volcaniella eurihalina gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic nonmotile gram-negative rod. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:261-267.

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Record number: 783060