Genus Natronospira
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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").
Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Natronospira proteinivora Sorokin et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron, soda; L. fem. n. spira, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Natronospira, a soda-loving spirillum.
Valid publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., KUBLANOV, I. V. and KHIJNIAK, T. V. 2017. Natronospira proteinivora gen. nov., sp. nov, an extremely salt-tolerant, alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline soda lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2604-2608.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Natronospira proteinivora Sorokin et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) BSker1=JCM 31341=UNIQEM U1008.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU720568.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; L. fem. suff. vora, devouring; N.L. fem. adj. proteinivora, devouring proteins.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., KUBLANOV, I. V. and KHIJNIAK, T. V. 2017. Natronospira proteinivora gen. nov., sp. nov, an extremely salt-tolerant, alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline soda lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2604-2608.
Original article in IJSEM Online