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Haloferax volcanii

Taxonomy ID: 2246 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid2246)
current name
Haloferax volcanii (Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975) Torreblanca et al. 1986 in [Validation List No. 22 (1986), Euzeby JP & Kudo T (2001), Torreblanca M et al. (1986)]
basionym:
Halobacterium volcanii Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) in [Skerman VBD et al. (1980), Mullakhanbhai MF & Larsen H (1975)]
type strain of Halobacterium volcanii: personal::DS2, ATCC:29605, DSM:3757, IFO:14742, JCM:8879, NBRC:14742, NCCB:85050, NCIMB:2012, VKM:B-1768
homotypic synonym:
Halobacterium volcanii Mullakhanbhai and Larson (sic) 1975
includes:
Haloferax sp. BRTH2
NCBI BLAST name: euryarchaeotes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym
Haloferax alexandrinus Asker and Ohta 2002 in [Asker D & Ohta Y (2002)]
type strain of Haloferax alexandrinus: CIP:107620, JCM:10717, KCTC:12962, NBRC:16590, DSM:27206, IFO:16590, personal::TM
homotypic synonym:
Haloferax alexandrinum corrig. Asker and Ohta 2002 in [Haloferax alexandrinum corrig. (LPSN)]
heterotypic synonym
Haloferax lucentense Gutierrez et al. 2004 in [Validation List No. 95 (2004)]
type strain of Haloferax lucentense: CCM:7023, CECT:5871, CIP:107410, DSM:14919, JCM:9276, NCIMB:13854, personal::Aa 2.2
homotypic synonym:
"Haloferax lucentensis" Gutierrez et al. 2002, effective name 1) in [Gutierrez MC et al. (2002)]
homotypic synonym:
"Haloferax alicantei" Holmes et al. 1997, effective name 2) in [Holmes ML et al. (1997)]
vernacular name:
Haloferax phenon K in [Holmes ML & Dyall-Smith ML (1990)]
Lineage( full )
cellular organisms; Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Stenosarchaea group; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Haloferacaceae; Haloferax
   Entrez records   
Database name Subtree links Direct links Links from type
Nucleotide 2,736 2,254 288
Protein 43,647 28,230 -
Structure 30 11 -
Genome 1 1 -
Popset 15 15 -
GEO Datasets 414 232 -
PubMed Central 1,886 1,886 -
Gene 20,051 11,606 -
SRA Experiments 677 233 -
Protein Clusters 2,485 2,485 -
Identical Protein Groups 19,722 18,384 -
BioProject 79 36 -
BioSample 712 280 121
Assembly 16 12 -
PubChem BioAssay 2 2 -
Taxonomy 5 1 -

Notes:

Comments and References:
Validation List No. 22 (1986)
VALIDATION LIST No. 22. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1986) 36(4):573-576.
Euzeby JP & Kudo T (2001), PubMed: abstract
Euzeby, J.P., and Kudo, T. "Corrigenda to the Validation Lists." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51(5):1933-1938.
Torreblanca M et al. (1986)
Torreblanca, M., Rodriguez-Valera, F., Juez, G., Ventosa, A., Kamekura, M., and Kates, M. "Classification of non-alkaliphilic halobacteria based on numerical taxonomy and polar lipid composition, and description of Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1986) 8(1-2):89-99.
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.
Mullakhanbhai MF & Larsen H (1975), PubMed: abstract
Mullakhanbhai, M.F., and Larsen, H. "Halobacterium volcanii, sp. nov., a Dead Sea halobacterium with a moderate salt requirement." Arch. Microbiol. (1975) 104(3):207-214.
Asker D & Ohta Y (2002), PubMed: abstract
Asker, D., and Ohta, Y. "Haloferax alexandrinus sp. nov., an extremely halophilic canthaxanthin-producing archaeon from a solar saltern in Alexandria (Egypt)." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2002) 52(3):729-738.
Haloferax alexandrinum corrig. (LPSN)
Validation List No. 95 (2004), PubMed: abstract
Validation list No. 95. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004) 54(1):1-2.
Gutierrez MC et al. (2002), PubMed: abstract
Gutierrez, M.C., Kamekura, M., Holmes, M.L., Dyall-Smith, M.L., Ventosa, A. "Taxonomic characterization of Haloferax sp. ('H. alicantei') strain Aa 2.2: description of Haloferax lucentensis sp. nov." Extremophiles (2002) 6(6):479-483.
Holmes ML et al. (1997), PubMed: abstract
Holmes, M.L., Scopes, R.K., Moritz, R.L., Simpson, R.J., Englert, C., Pfeifer, F., and Dyall-Smith, M.L. "Purification and analysis of an extremely halophilic beta-galactosidase from Haloferax alicantei." Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1997) 1337(2):276-86.
Holmes ML & Dyall-Smith ML (1990), doi: 10.1128/jb.172.2.756-761.1990, PubMed: abstract
Holmes, M.L., and Dyall-Smith, M.L. "A plasmid vector with a selectable marker for halophilic archaebacteria." J. Bacteriol. (1990) 172(2):756-761.
Euzeby JP & Tindall BJ (2004)
Euzeby, J.P. and Tindall, B.J. "Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004) 54:293-301. Published online 21 November 2003: DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.03022-0
JUDICIAL OPINION 81 (2008)
Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. "Status of strains that contravene Rules 27 (3) and 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 81." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:1755-1763.
Larsen H (1984)
Larsen, H. "Genus I. Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957, 207AL." In: N.R. Krieg and J.G. Holt (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore (1984) pp. 262-266. [No PubMed record available.]
List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion No. 40 (2024), doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006482
Oren, A., and Göker, M. "Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2024) 74(7):006482. [N.B.: proposed heterotypic synonyms]
Quadri SR et al. (2024), doi:10.1007/s00284-024-03695-9
Quadri, S.R., Jin, P., Wang, K., Qiao, H., Dhulappa, A., Luo, Z.H., Wang, S., and Narsing Rao, M.P. "Taxonomic reframe of some species of the genera Haloferax and Halobellus." Curr. Microbiol. (2024) 81(7):216.

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