Open AccessNotes: Transfer of Halobacterium denitrificans (Tomlinson, Jahnke, and Hochstein) to the Genus Haloferax as Haloferax denitrificans comb. nov.
Author(s) -
Brian J. Tindall,
Geraldine A. Tomlinson,
Lawrence I. Hochstein
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of systematic bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1070-6259
pISSN - 0020-7713
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-39-3-359
Subject(s) - biology , halobacterium , halobacteriaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , archaea , halophile , genetics , bacteria , halobacterium salinarum
Halobacterium denitrificans (Tomlinson, Jahnke, and Hochstein) was described at a time when the taxonomic subdivision of the family Halobacteriaceae was in a state of flux. On the basis of both biochemical and chemotaxonomic data, this organism exhibits features which indicate that it is more closely related to members of the genus Haloferax. On the basis of such criteria, we propose that Halobacterium denitrificans be reclassified as Haloferax denitrificans comb. nov. The type strain is strain ATCC 35960 (= DSM 4425).