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.

Halorhabdus
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Halorhabdus

Wainø et al. 2000 emend. Antunes et al. 2008[1]
Type species
Halorhabdus utahensis
Wainø et al. 2000
Species

Phylogeny edit

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_06_2022[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[6][7][8]
Halorhabdus

H. rudnickae

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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 May 2023.
  4. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

Further reading edit

Scientific journals edit

Scientific books edit

  • 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.