Natronobacterium

In taxonomy, Natronobacterium is a genus of 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.

Natronobacterium
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Natronobacterium

Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001[1]
Species
Synonyms
  • Natronobacteria[2]

Taxonomy

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.

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Further reading

Scientific journals

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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