Name: Halanaerobium congolense corrig. Ravot et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.go.len’se. N.L. neut. adj. congolense, pertaining to Congo, Central Africa [probably better: congonense]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 11287; SEBR 4224

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U76632 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ravot G, Magot M, Ollivier B, Patel BK, Ageron E, Grimont PA, Thomas P, Garcia JL. Haloanaerobium congolense sp. nov., an anaerobic, moderately halophilic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacterium from an African oil field. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 147:81-88.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 67. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1083-1084.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloanaerobium congolense Ravot et al. 1998	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Haloanaerobium (sic), has been corrected by Oren 2000. Publication: Oren A. Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanaerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order Halanaerobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2229-2230.

Parent taxon: Halanaerobium corrig. Zeikus et al. 1984

Assigned by: Ravot G, Magot M, Ollivier B, Patel BK, Ageron E, Grimont PA, Thomas P, Garcia JL. Haloanaerobium congolense sp. nov., an anaerobic, moderately halophilic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacterium from an African oil field. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 147:81-88.

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Record number: 776662