Name: Haloplasma Antunes et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.plas’ma. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or molded, a form; N.L. neut. n. Haloplasma, a salt-loving form

Gender: neuter (stem: Haloplasmat-)

Type species: Haloplasma contractile Antunes et al. 2008

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Antunes A, Rainey FA, Wanner G, Taborda M, Patzold J, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Huber R. A new lineage of halophilic, wall-less, contractile bacteria from a brine-filled deep of the Red Sea. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3580-3587.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 124. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2471-2472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Haloplasmataceae Rainey et al. 2008

Assigned by: Zhou H, Zhao D, Zhang S, Xue Q, Zhang M, Yu H, Zhou J, Li M, Kumar S, Xiang H. Metagenomic insights into the environmental adaptation and metabolism of Candidatus Haloplasmatales, one archaeal order thriving in saline lakes. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2239-2258.

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