Halorhabdus

Halorhabdus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Halobacteriales
Family:	Haloarculaceae
Genus:	Halorhabdus Wainø et al. 2000 emend. Antunes et al. 2008[1]
Type species
Halorhabdus utahensis Wainø et al. 2000
Species
H. amylolytica H. rudnickae H. salina H. tiamatea H. utahensis

Halorhabdus is a genus of halophilic archaea in the Haloarculaceae. With an extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, Halorhabdus has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[3][4][5]	53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[6][7][8]
Halorhabdus H. rudnickae H. tiamatea H. utahensis	Halorhabdus H. tiamatea Antunes et al. 2008 H. utahensis Waino et al. 2000 H. salina Wang et al. 2022 H. amylolytica Wang et al. 2022 H. rudnickae Albuquerque et al. 2016

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. J.P. Euzéby. "Halorhabdus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
2. Sayers; et al. "Halorhabdus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
3. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
4. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
7. "ar53_r220.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Waino M, Tindall BJ, Ingvorsen K (2000). "Halorhabdus utahensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, extremely halophilic member of the Archaea from Great Salt Lake, Utah". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 183–190. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-183. PMID 10826803.
• Euzeby JP, Boemare NE (2000). "The modern Latin word rhabdus belongs to the feminine gender, inducing necessary corrections according to Rules 65(2),12c(1) and 13b of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision)". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50 (4): 1691–1692. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-4-1691. PMID 10939678.
• Oren A, Ventosa A (2000). "International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50 (3): 1405–1407. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-3-1405. PMID 10843089.

Scientific books

• Gibbons, NE (1974). "Family V. Halobacteriaceae fam. nov.". In RE Buchanan; NE Gibbons (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (8th ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co.