Natronobacterium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Halobacteria |
Order: | Natrialbales |
Family: | Natrialbaceae |
Genus: | Natronobacterium Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001 |
Type species | |
Natronobacterium gregoryi Tindall et al. 1984 | |
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In taxonomy, Natronobacterium is a genus of the Natrialbaceae. A member of the domain Archaea, it is both an extreme halophile and alkaliphile, thriving at an optimum saline concentration of 20% and optimum pH of 10.
Taxonomy
As of 2022, there are 2 species described in this genus.
- Proposed species
- Natronobacterium chahanensis and Natronobacterium innemongoliae are proposed names for strains isolated from soda lakes in China. As of 2022, the descriptions from 1989 (N. chahanensis) and 1997 (N. innemongoliae) are not validly published.
- Species formerly placed in this taxon.
- Natronobacterium magadii, now Natrialba magadii
- Natronobacterium nitratireducens, now Halobiforma nitratireducens
- Natronobacterium pharaonis, now Natronomonas pharaonis
- Natronobacterium vacuolatum, now Halorubrum vacuolatum
See also
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Natronobacterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Page Genus: Natronobacterium on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- Page Species: Natronobacterium chahanensis on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- Page Species: Natronobacterium innemongoliae on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
Further reading
Scientific journals
- 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.
- Tindall BJ; Ross HNM; Grant WD (1984). "Natronobacterium gen. nov. and Natronococcus gen. nov., two new genera of haloalkaliphilic archaebacteria". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 5: 41–57. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(84)80050-8.
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.
- Madigan, Michael T., et al. Brock Biology of Microorganisms. 13th ed. Benjamin Cummings: San Francisco, 2012. p. 38.
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