Name: Halospirulina Nübel et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.spi.ru.li’na. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. fem. dim. n. Spirulina, a small coil; N.L. fem. dim. n. Halospirulina, salt-tolerant small coil

Gender: feminine (stem: Halospirulin-)

Type species: Halospirulina tapeticola Nübel et al. 2000

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nubel U, Garcia-Pichel F, Muyzer G. The halotolerance and phylogeny of cyanobacteria with tightly coiled trichomes (Spirulina Turpin) and the description of Halospirulina tapeticola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1265-1277.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Oscillatoriales Schaffner 1922. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🧍 Cyanobacteria validly published under the bacteriological code. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halospirulina tapeticola Nübel et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirulinaceae (Gomont 1892) Hoffmann et al. 2005

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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Record number: 517245