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Genus Methanonatronarchaeum

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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").

 

Methanonatronarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum Sorokin et al. 2018.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanum, methane; N.L. pref. methano,-pertaining to methane; N.L. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Ar. n. natrun, natron, soda; N.L. neut. n. archaeum (from Gr. adj. archaios, -e -on), ancient archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Methanonatronarchaeum, a soda-loving archaeon-forming methane.
Valid publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., MERKEL, A. Y., ABBAS, B., MAKAROVA, K. S., RIJPSTRA, W. I. C., KOENEN, M., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S., GALINSKI, E. A., KOONIN, E. V. and VAN LOOSDRECHT, M. C. M. 2018. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2199-2208.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum Sorokin et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AMET1=DSM 28684=NBRC 110805=UNIQEM U982.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY449317.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: PRJNA356895.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, thermophilic.
Source: Environmental - saline.
Valid publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., MERKEL, A. Y., ABBAS, B., MAKAROVA, K. S., RIJPSTRA, W. I. C., KOENEN, M., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S., GALINSKI, E. A., KOONIN, E. V. and VAN LOOSDRECHT, M. C. M. 2018. Methanonatronarchaeum thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and 'Candidatus Methanohalarchaeum thermophilum', extremely halo(natrono)philic methyl-reducing methanogens from hypersaline lakes comprising a new euryarchaeal class Methanonatronarchaeia classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2199-2208.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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