Halococcoides Sorokin, Khijniak, Elcheninov, Toshchakov, Kostrikina, Bale, Sinninghe Damsté, and Kublanov 2019
- Dataset
- Halococcoides cellulosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic cellulose-utilizing haloarchaeon from hypersaline lakes
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Sorokin, Dimitry Y., Khijniak, Tatiana V., Elcheninov, Alexander G., Toshchakov, Stepan V., Kostrikina, Nadezhda A., Bale, Nicole J., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S., Kublanov, Ilya V. (2019): Halococcoides cellulosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic cellulose-utilizing haloarchaeon from hypersaline lakes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 69 (5): 1327-1335, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003312, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003312
Classification
- kingdom
- Archaea
- phylum
- Euryarchaeota
- class
- Halobacteria
- order
- Halobacteriales
- family
- Haloarculaceae
- genus
- Halococcoides
description
Extremely halophilic euryarchaeon, a member of the family Haloarculacea, order Halobacteriales, class Halobacteria, found in hypersaline athalassic lakes. Specialized in utilization of cellulose as growth substrate. The type species is Halococcoides cellulosivorans. The recommended three-letter abbreviation for this genus is Hcd.
etymology
Halococcoides [Ha. lo. coc. co′ i. des., Gr. n. hals, halos salt of the sea; N. L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; L. suff. - oides (from Gr. suff. - eides, from Gr. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure), resembling, similar; L. suff. - oides, resembling, similar; N. L. neut. n. Halococcoides, coccus-shaped halophile].