Natronobacterium
{{Short description|Genus of Halobacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Natronobacterium
| authority = Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001
| type_species = Natronobacterium gregoryi
| type_species_authority = Tindall et al. 1984
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- N. gregoryi
- "N. innermongoliae"
- N. texcoconense
| synonyms =
- Natronobacteria
| synonyms_ref = Page Genus: Natronobacterium on {{cite web | url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/natronobacterium | title=LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature | publisher=Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen | access-date=2022-07-15}}
}}
Natronobacterium is a genus of archaeans in the family the Natrialbaceae.See the NCBI [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=2256 webpage on Natronobacterium]. Data extracted from the {{cite web | url=http://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information | access-date=2007-03-19}} 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)Page Species: Natronobacterium chahanensis on {{cite web | url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/natronobacterium-chahanensis | title=LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature | publisher=Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen | access-date=2022-07-15}} and 1997 (N. innemongoliae)Page Species: Natronobacterium innemongoliae on {{cite web | url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/natronobacterium-innemongoliae | title=LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature | publisher=Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen | access-date=2022-07-15}} 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
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Further reading
- {{ cite journal | author = Oren A | author2 = Ventosa A | date = 2000 | title = International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia | journal = Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. | volume = 50 | issue = 3 | pages = 1405–1407 | pmid = 10843089 | doi=10.1099/00207713-50-3-1405| doi-access = free }}
- {{ cite journal | author = Tindall BJ | author2 = Ross HNM | author3 = Grant WD | date = 1984 | title = Natronobacterium gen. nov. and Natronococcus gen. nov., two new genera of haloalkaliphilic archaebacteria | journal = Syst. Appl. Microbiol. | volume = 5 | pages = 41–57 | doi = 10.1016/S0723-2020(84)80050-8 }}
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Category:Taxa described in 1984
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