Halopiger

Halopiger is a genus of archaeans in the family Halobacteriaceae[1] that have high tolerance to salinity.

Halopiger
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Halobacteria
Order:
Halobacteriales
Family:
Halobacteriaceae
Genus:
Halopiger

Gutiérrez et al., 2007
Type species
Halopiger xanaduensis
Gutérrez et al., 2007
Species

See text.

Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halopiger:

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Halopiger. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. Hezayen, F. F.; Gutierrez, M. C.; Steinbüchel, A.; Tindall, B. J.; Rehm, B. H. A. (2009). "Halopiger aswanensis sp. nov., a polymer-producing and extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from hypersaline soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (3): 633–637. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.013078-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 19654343.
  3. Zhang, W.-Y.; Meng, Y.; Zhu, X.-F.; Wu, M. (2013). "Halopiger salifodinae sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt mine". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 10): 3563–3567. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.050971-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  4. Minegishi, Hiroaki; Shimogaki, Ryuta; Enomoto, Shigeaki; Echigo, Akinobu; Kondo, Yusuke; Nagaoka, Shuhei; Shimane, Yasuhiro; Kamekura, Masahiro; Itoh, Takashi; Ohkuma, Moriya; Nunoura, Takuro; Takai, Ken; Usami, Ron (2016). "Halopiger thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermo-tolerant haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (12): 4975–4980. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001455. ISSN 1466-5026.
  5. Gutierrez, M. C.; Castillo, A. M.; Kamekura, M.; Xue, Y.; Ma, Y.; Cowan, D. A.; Jones, B. E.; Grant, W. D.; Ventosa, A. (2007). "Halopiger xanaduensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (7): 1402–1407. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65001-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 17625165.

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books
  • 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.

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