Halopiger Explained

Halopiger is a genus of archaeans in the family Natrialbaceae that have high tolerance to salinity.

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]

Species formerly placed in this taxon

• Halopiger salifodinae,^[9] now Natrinema salifodinae

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Ikram. HI. Catherine. R. Caroline. M. Didier. R. Hocine. H. Christelle. D. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Halopiger goleamassiliensis sp. nov.. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 15 June 2014. 9. 3. 956–9. 10.4056/sigs.4618288. 25197441. 4149028.
• Gutiérrez MC, Castillo AM, Kamekura M, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A . 2007 . Halopiger xanaduensis gen. nov., sp., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 57 . 1402 - 1407 . 17625165 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65001-0 . Pt 7. free .
• 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 . 10843089 . 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1405. free .
• Hezayen, F.F. . Gutiérrez, M.C. . Steinbüchel, A. . Tindall, B.J. . Rehm, B.H.A. . 2010. Halopiger aswanensis sp. nov., a polymer-producing and extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from hypersaline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.. 60. 3. 633–637 . 10.1099/ijs.0.013078-0 . 19654343. free.

Scientific books

• Book: Gibbons, NE . 1974 . Family V. Halobacteriaceae fam. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology . 8th . RE Buchanan . NE Gibbons. The Williams & Wilkins Co. . Baltimore.

Notes and References

1. Web site: J.P. Euzéby . Halopiger . 2021-11-17 . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).
2. Web site: Sayers . et al.. Halopiger . 2022-06-05 . National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database.
3. Web site: The LTP . 10 May 2023.
4. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 10 May 2023.
5. Web site: LTP_06_2022 Release Notes. 10 May 2023.
6. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: ar53_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
9. Zhang . W.-Y. . Meng . Y. . Zhu . X.-F. . Wu . M. . Halopiger salifodinae sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt mine . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 63 . Pt 10 . 2013 . 3563–3567 . 1466-5026 . 10.1099/ijs.0.050971-0. 23563233 .