Name: Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.bac.te.ri.um. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), the sea, salt; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Halobacterium, salt (-requiring) bacterium

Gender: neuter (stem: Halobacteri-)

Type species: Halobacterium salinarum corrig. (Harrison and Kennedy 1922) Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Elazari-Volcani B. Genus XII. Halobacterium. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 207-212.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 25

Parent taxon: Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gibbons NE. Family V. Halobacteriaceae. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1974, p. 269-272.

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Record number: 517048
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