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.

References

  1. See the NCBI webpage on Natronobacterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. Page Genus: Natronobacterium on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  3. Page Species: Natronobacterium chahanensis on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. 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

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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