Name: Balneicella halophila Fadhlaoui et al. 2016
Etymology: ha.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving
Type strain: DSM 28579; JCM 19909; KHALHBd91
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16S rRNA gene: LM999900 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Balneicella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a thermal spring and description of Balneicellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4692-4696.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Balneicella Fadhlaoui et al. 2016
Assigned by: Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Balneicella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a thermal spring and description of Balneicellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4692-4696.
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Record number: 794804