Name: Halobiforma haloterrestris Hezayen et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.ter.res’tris. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. masc./fem. adj. terrestris, belonging to the soil; N.L. masc./fem. adj. haloterrestris, from salty soil

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 135; DSM 13078; JCM 11627

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663434 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hezayen FF, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A, Rehm BH. Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2271-2280.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halobiforma Hezayen et al. 2002. Publication: Hezayen FF, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A, Rehm BH. Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2271-2280.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halobiforma Hezayen et al. 2002

Assigned by: Hezayen FF, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A, Rehm BH. Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2271-2280.

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Record number: 776722