Name: Prauserella halophila Li et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-LO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 1015; DSM 44617; JCM 13023; YIM 90001

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16S rRNA gene: AF466190 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li WJ, Xu P, Tang SK, Xu LH, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Jiang CL. Prauserella halophila sp. nov. and Prauserella alba sp. nov., moderately halophilic actinomycetes from saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1545-1549. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11848 (N = 23).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13. 🇮🇷
  • 🧍 The etymology of the first compound of the specific epithet should be Gr. n. hals halos, salt; not Gr. n. halo, salt as cited by Li et al. 2003. — The specific epithet halophila is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "N.L. gen. adj." as cited in the paper by Li et al. 2003. — In the paper by Li et al., the strain CCTCC AA 001015 is cited as CCTCC AA001015. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Prauserella Kim and Goodfellow 1999

Assigned by: Li WJ, Xu P, Tang SK, Xu LH, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Jiang CL. Prauserella halophila sp. nov. and Prauserella alba sp. nov., moderately halophilic actinomycetes from saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1545-1549. 🇨🇳

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