Sporohalobacter

Sporohalobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Halanaerobiales
Family:	Halobacteroidaceae
Genus:	Sporohalobacter Oren et al. 1988 [1]
Type species
Sporohalobacter lortetii (Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988
Species
S. lortetii S. salinus

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Sporohalobacter are a genus of anaerobic bacteria belonging to the family Haloanaerobiaceae. ^[2] The organisms are spore-forming bacteria that grow in hypersaline environments. ^[3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[4]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [5] [6] [7]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [8] [9] [10]
Sporohalobacter S. lortetii(Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988 S. salinusBen Abdallah et al. 2015	Sporohalobacter S. salinus

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Sporohalobacter in LPSN ; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1 –D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
2. Oren A, Gurevich P, Henis Y (1991). "Reduction of nitrosubstituted aromatic compounds by the halophilic anaerobic eubacteria Haloanaerobium praevalens and Sporohalobacter marismortui". Appl Environ Microbiol. 57 (11): 3367–70. PMC   183973 . PMID   1669931.
3. Ollivier B, Caumette P, Garcia J, Mah R (1994). "Anaerobic bacteria from hypersaline environments". Microbiol Rev. 58 (1): 27–38. PMC   372951 . PMID   8177169.
4. Schoch CL; et al. "Sporohalobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
5. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.