Taxonomic Reframe of Some Species of the Genera Haloferax and Halobellus

Syed Raziuddin Quadri, Pinjiao Jin, Kangkang Wang, Hui Qiao, Awalagaway Dhulappa, Zhen-Hao Luo, Shuang Wang, Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao

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Abstract

Haloferax and Halobellus are the representatives of the family Haloferacaceae and they are dominant in hypersaline ecosystems. Some Haloferax and Halobellus species exhibit a close evolutionary relationship. Genomic, phylogenetic (based on 16S rRNA gene sequence), and phylogenomic analysis were performed to evaluate the taxonomic positions of the genera Haloferax and Halobellus. Based on the results we propose to reclassify Halobellus ramosii as a later heterotypic synonym of Halobellus inordinatus; Haloferax lucentense and Haloferax alexandrinum as later heterotypic synonyms of Haloferax volcanii.

Original languageEnglish
Article number216
JournalCurrent Microbiology
Volume81
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2024

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 106022 Microbiology

Keywords

  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
  • Haloferax/genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • DNA, Archaeal/genetics

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