Taxonomy browser Taxonomy Browser (Halobacterium)

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Halobacterium

Taxonomy ID: 2239 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:2239)

current name

Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Oren et al. 2009

homotypic synonym:

Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1995

NCBI BLAST name: euryarchaeotes
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym "Halobacter" Anderson 1954 , effective name¹⁾

heterotypic synonym "Flavobacterium (subgen. Halobacterium)" Elazari-Volcani 1940 , effective name²⁾

heterotypic synonym "Haloarchaeum" DasSarma and DasSarma 2008 , effective name³⁾

Lineage(full): cellular organisms; Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Stenosarchaea group; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Halobacteriaceae

Notes:

1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
2) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Halobacterium (LPSN link)

DasSarma P & DasSarma S (2008)

DasSarma, P., and DasSarma, S. "On the origin of prokaryotic 'species': the taxonomy of halophilic Archaea." Saline Systems (2008) 4:5.

Elazari-Volcani B (1940)

Elazari-Volcani, B. "Studies on the microflora of the Dead Sea." Doctoral thesis (1940). Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pp. 1-116 and i-xiii. [No PubMed record available.]

Elazari-Volcani B (1957)

Elazari-Volcani, B. "Genus XII. Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani, 1940." In: R.S. Breed, E.G.D. Murray, and N.R. Smith (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition (1957). The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, pp. 207-212. [No PubMed record available.]

JUDICIAL OPINION 79 (2005)

Judicial Commision of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55(1):517-518.

Kamekura M & Dyall-Smith ML (1995)

Kamekura, M., and Dyall-Smith, M.L. "Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae and the description of two new genera Halorubrobacterium and Natrialba." J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. (1995) 41(4):333-350. [No PubMed record available.]

Oren A (2008)

Oren, A. "Nomenclature and taxonomy of halophilic archaea--comments on the proposal by DasSarma and DasSarma for nomenclatural changes within the order Halobacteriales." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:2245-2246.

Oren A et al. (2009)

Oren, A., Arahal, D.R., and Ventosa, A. "Emended descriptions of genera of the family Halobacteriaceae." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2009) 59:637-642.

Skerman VBD et al. (1980)

Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.