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.
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| Genus: | Natronobacterium Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001[1]
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Taxonomy
editAs 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
editReferences
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
editScientific journals
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: 41–57. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(84)80050-8.
Scientific books
edit- 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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