Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.284

Name

Halobacterium vallismortis Gonzalez et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

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

Type Strain

representative organism

DSM 3756^T (=ATCC 29715 =JCM 8877 =J.F.54 =IAM 13180 =CGMCC 1.6288)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Halobacteria (Cavalier-Smith 2002) Grant et al. 2002 emend. Gupta et al. 2015
order Halobacteriales Grant and Larsen 1989 emend. Gupta et al. 2015
family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2016
genus Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Oren et al. 2009
species Halobacterium vallismortis Gonzalez et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Halobacterium vallismortis Gonzalez et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.284.

Source File

10.1601/tx.284.xml

References

Gonzalez C, Gutierrez C, Ramirez C. Halobacterium vallismortis sp. nov. An amylolytic and carbohydrate-metabolizing, extremely halophilic bacterium. Can J Microbiol 1978; 24:710-715. [PubMed].