Halopiger

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

Halopiger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Natrialbales
Family:	Natrialbaceae
Genus:	Halopiger Gutiérrez et al., 2007
Type species
Halopiger xanaduensis Gutérrez et al. 2007
Species
H. aswanensis H. djelfimassiliensis H. goleimassiliensis H. thermotolerans H. xanaduensis

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[3][4][5]	53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[6][7][8]
Halopiger H. djelfimassiliensis Hassani et al. 2016 H. salifodinae Zhang et al. 2013 H. goleimassiliensis Hassani et al. 2016 H. xanaduensis Gutierrez et al. 2007[9] H. aswanensis Hezayen et al. 2010[10] H. thermotolerans Minegishi et al. 2016[11]	Halopiger H. aswanensis H. xanaduensis Halopiger djelfimassiliensis Natronobacterium Halobiforma

Species formerly placed in this taxon

• Halopiger salifodinae,^[12] now Natrinema salifodinae

See also

• List of Archaea genera