Name: Halorubrum miltondacostae Albuquerque et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mil.ton.da.cos’tae. N.L. gen. masc. n. miltondacostae, named in honor of Milton S. da Costa, a Portuguese microbiologist for his contributions to the taxonomy of extremophiles

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha-lo-RU-brum mil-ton-da-KOS-ta͡e, neuter

Type strain: CECT 30760; DSM 115521; RMP-11

16S rRNA gene: OR583161 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Viver T, Barroso C, Claudino R, Galvan M, Simoes G, Lobo-da-Cunha A, Egas C. Halorubrum miltondacostae sp. nov., a potential polyhydroxyalkanoate producer isolated from an inland solar saltern in Rio Maior, Portugal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126553. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Halorubrum McGenity and Grant 1996

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Viver T, Barroso C, Claudino R, Galvan M, Simoes G, Lobo-da-Cunha A, Egas C. Halorubrum miltondacostae sp. nov., a potential polyhydroxyalkanoate producer isolated from an inland solar saltern in Rio Maior, Portugal. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126553. 🇵🇹

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Record number: 57225

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