Halosimplex

Halosimplex is a genus of archaeans in the family Halobacteriaceae.^[1]

Halosimplex
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Halobacteriales
Family:	Haloarculaceae
Genus:	Halosimplex Vreeland et al. 2003
Type species
Halosimplex carlsbadense Vreeland et al. 2003
Species
See text

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 10-RS226[6][7][8]
Halosimplex 2 H. litoreum H. salinum Halosimplex H. halophilum H. rubrum H. carlsbadense H. pelagicum	Halosimplex H. aquaticum Hu et al. 2024 H. salinum Yang et al. 2021 H. halophilum Yang et al. 2021 H. carlsbadense Vreeland et al. 2003 H. litoreum Yuan et al. 2015 H. pelagicum Han & Cui 2014 H. rubrum Han & Cui 2014

Unassigned species:

• "H. amylolyticum" Mao et al. 2025
• "H. halobium" Mao et al. 2025
• "H. marinum" Mao et al. 2025
• "H. rarum" Mao et al. 2025

See also

• List of Archaea genera