Genus Natronotalea
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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").
Natronotalea Sorokin et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Natronotalea proteinilytica Sorokin et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron, soda; L. fem. n. talea, a staff, stick - a long rod; N.L. fem. n. Natronotalea, a soda-loving long rod.
Valid publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., KHIJNIAK, T. V., GALINSKI, E. A. and KUBLANOV, I. V. 2017. Natronotalea proteinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longimonas haloalkaliphila sp. nov., extremely haloalkaliphilic members of the phylum Rhodothermaeota from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4161-4167.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Natronotalea proteinilytica Sorokin et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BSker2=JCM 31342=UNIQEM U1009.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU720569.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê), dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. proteinilytica, dissolving proteins.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., KHIJNIAK, T. V., GALINSKI, E. A. and KUBLANOV, I. V. 2017. Natronotalea proteinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longimonas haloalkaliphila sp. nov., extremely haloalkaliphilic members of the phylum Rhodothermaeota from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4161-4167.
Original article in IJSEM Online