Name: Halotalea alkalilenta Ntougias et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.len’ta. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (from Arabic al qaliy) (indeclinable); L. masc. adj. lentus, slow; N.L. fem. adj. alkalilenta, slow in alkaline conditions/alkalitolerant

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AW-7; CECT 7134; DSM 17697

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ421388 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ntougias S, Zervakis GI, Fasseas C. Halotalea alkalilenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from alkaline olive mill wastes, and emended description of the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989, emend. Dobson and Franzmann 1996. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1975-1983.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halotalea Ntougias et al. 2007. Publication: Ntougias S, Zervakis GI, Fasseas C. Halotalea alkalilenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from alkaline olive mill wastes, and emended description of the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989, emend. Dobson and Franzmann 1996. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1975-1983.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Halotalea Ntougias et al. 2007

Assigned by: Ntougias S, Zervakis GI, Fasseas C. Halotalea alkalilenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from alkaline olive mill wastes, and emended description of the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989, emend. Dobson and Franzmann 1996. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1975-1983.

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