Notes:

• 1) 'Nom. approb.' (= nomen approbatum, = approved name) refers to a name which is included in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
• 2) 'Nom. approb.' (= nomen approbatum, = approved name) refers to a name which is included in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names.
• 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).
• 4) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 5) not "Halobacterium" Schoop 1935 (nomen nudum)
• 6) 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.

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) 55:517-518.

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) 30:225-420. [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.