Genus Halonatronum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Halonatronum Zhilina et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halonatronum saccharophilum Zhilina et al. 2001.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. neut. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron soda; N.L. neut. n. Halonatronum, an organism growing with salt and soda.
References: Validation List no. 79. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 263-265. [ZHILINA (T.N.), GARNOVA (E.S.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Halonatronum saccharophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new haloalkaliphilic bacterium of the order Haloanaerobiales from Lake Magadi. Mikrobiologiya, 2001, 70, 77-85 (in Russian). English translation: Microbiology, 2001, 70, 64-72.]
Validation List no. 79 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Halonatronum saccharophilum Zhilina et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Z-7986 = DSM 13868 = UNIQEM 211.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY014858.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakchâr, sugar; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. saccharophilum, sugar-loving.
References: Validation List no. 79. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 263-265. [ZHILINA (T.N.), GARNOVA (E.S.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Halonatronum saccharophilum gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new haloalkaliphilic bacterium of the order Haloanaerobiales from Lake Magadi. Mikrobiologiya, 2001, 70, 77-85 (in Russian). English translation: Microbiology, 2001, 70, 64-72.]
Validation List no. 79 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online