Natronobacterium
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| Natronobacterium | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea | 
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati | 
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota | 
| Class: | Halobacteria | 
| Order: | Natrialbales | 
| Family: | Natrialbaceae | 
| Genus: | Natronobacterium Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Natronobacterium gregoryi Tindall et al. 1984 
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Natronobacterium is a genus of archaeans in the family the Natrialbaceae.[1] 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
[edit]As of 2022, there are 2 species described in this genus.[2]
- 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)[3] and 1997 (N. innemongoliae)[4] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b See the NCBI webpage on Natronobacterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
 - ^ a b 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
[edit]- 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 (1): 41–57. Bibcode:1984SyApM...5...41T. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(84)80050-8.