Name: "Candidatus Natranaeroarchaeum" Sorokin et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Natr.an.a.e.ro.ar.chae’um. N.L. neut. n. Natranaeroarchaeum, anaerobic natronophilic archaeon

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Natranaeroarchae-), natr-an-a-e-ro-ar-K^HA͡E-um

Type species: "Candidatus Natranaeroarchaeum sulfidigenum" Sorokin et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Messina E, Smedile F, La Cono V, Hallsworth JE, Yakimov MM. Carbohydrate-dependent sulfur respiration in halo(alkali)philic archaea. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:3789-3808. 🇮🇹

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no pro-standing)

Correct name: Natranaeroarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natranaeroarchaeum Sorokin et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Natranaeroarcheum".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2024. Publication: Cui HL, Hou J, Amoozegar MA, Dyall-Smith ML, de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Oren A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6290. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae: minutes of the joint open meeting, 25 November 2025, Oaxaca, Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7065. 🇮🇱
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Natranaeroarchaeum sulfidigenum" Sorokin et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Natronoarchaeaceae Sorokin et al. 2023

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. — Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Koenen M, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natranaeroarchaeum sulfidigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., carbohydrate-utilizing sulfur-respiring haloarchaeon from hypersaline soda lakes, a member of a new family Natronoarchaeaceae fam. nov. in the order Halobacteriales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126356. 🇷🇺

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