Genus Natranaerovirga

Name: Natranaerovirga Sorokin et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Natr.an.a.e.ro.vir’ga. N.L. neut. n. natron, soda (sodium carbonate) (derived from Arabic natrun); Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Natranaerovirga, an anaerobic rod living in soda

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Natranaerovirg-), natr-an-a-e-ro-WIR-ga

Type species: Natranaerovirga pectinivora Sorokin et al. 2012

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Panteleeva AN, Kaparullina EN, Muyzer G. Anaerobic utilization of pectinous substrates at extremely haloalkaline conditions by Natranaerovirga pectinivora gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natranaerovirga hydrolytica sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline soda lakes. Extremophiles 2012; 16:307-315. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 145. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1017-1019.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Natranaerovirgaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2024. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Natranaerovirgaceae. In: Whitman W (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2024, p. 1-1. 🇳🇱
- 🧕 Sorokin and Merkel (2024) assigned this genus to the family Natranaerovirgaceae Sorokin and Merkel 2024. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY. Natranaerovirgaceae. In: Whitman W (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2024, p. 1-1. 🇳🇱
- 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Natranoerovirga".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UNIQEM: 2; DSM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Natranaerovirga hydrolytica Sorokin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Natranaerovirga pectinivora Sorokin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Schouw A, Leiknes Eide T, Stokke R, Birger Pedersen R, Helene Steen I, Bodtker G. Abyssivirga alkaniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading, anaerobic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent system, and emended descriptions of Natranaerovirga pectinivora and Natranaerovirga hydrolytica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1724-1734. 🇳🇴

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