Biology:Natronobacterium

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Short description: Genus of Halobacteria

Natronobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Halobacteria
Order:
Family:
Natrialbaceae
Genus:
Natronobacterium

Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001[1]
Type species
Natronobacterium gregoryi
Tindall et al. 1984
Species
  • "N. chahanensis"
  • "N. chaganensis"
  • N. gregoryi
  • "N. innermongoliae"
  • N. texcoconense
  • "N. wudunensis"
Synonyms
  • Natronobacteria[2]

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.

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.
  • Natronobacterium magadii, now Natrialba magadii
  • Natronobacterium nitratireducens, now Halobiforma nitratireducens
  • Natronobacterium pharaonis, now Natronomonas pharaonis
  • Natronobacterium vacuolatum, now Halorubrum vacuolatum

See also

References

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. 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.

Scientific databases

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6980254 entry