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

References

1. Sayers; et al. "Halopiger". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
2. J.P. Euzéby. "Halopiger". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
3. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
4. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
7. "ar53_r220.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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. PMID 27562780.
12. 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. PMID 23563233.

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Ikram, HI; Catherine, R; Caroline, M; Didier, R; Hocine, H; Christelle, D (15 June 2014). "Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Halopiger goleamassiliensis sp. nov". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9 (3): 956–9. doi:10.4056/sigs.4618288. PMC 4149028. PMID 25197441.
• 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 (Pt 7): 1402–1407. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65001-0. PMID 17625165.
• 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. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-3-1405. PMID 10843089.
• 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" (PDF). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 60 (3): 633–637. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.013078-0. PMID 19654343.

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.