Family Natronospiraceae

Name: Natronospiraceae Sorokin et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Na.tro.no.spi.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Natronospira, a bacterial genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Natronospiraceae, the Natronospira family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-tro-no-spi-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Corrigendum to "Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 47 (2024) 126519]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126526. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidihalobacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylohalomonadaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiohalospiraceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Oceanococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nitrococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thioalkalivibrionaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aquisalimonadaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiohalomonadaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halofilaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned this family to the order Natronospirales Sorokin et al. 2025. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Corrigendum to "Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 47 (2024) 126519]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126526. 🇷🇺
  • 🧕 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned this family to the order Natronospirales Sorokin et al. 2025. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned the genus Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Corrigendum to "Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 47 (2024) 126519]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126526. 🇷🇺
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned the genus Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017 to this family. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519. 🇷🇺
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984. Publication: Sorokin DY, Kublanov IV, Khijniak TV. Natronospira proteinivora gen. nov., sp. nov, an extremely salt-tolerant, alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2604-2608. 🇷🇺
  • ❗ Natronospiraceae is the correct name instead if this family is regarded as a separate family (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another family whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 See also Sorokin et al. (2024). Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519. 🇷🇺

Parent taxon: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Imhoff JF. Order I. Chromatiales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1-3. 🇺🇸

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