Name: Natrarchaeobaculum Sorokin et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Natr.ar.chae.o.ba’cu.lum. N.L. neut. n. natron, pertaining to soda; Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; L. neut. n. baculum, small stick, rod; N.L. neut. n. Natrarchaeobaculum, soda-loving archaeal rod

Gender: neuter (stem: Natrarchaeobacul-)

Type species: Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (Sorokin et al. 2019) Sorokin et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Messina E, Yakimov MM, Itoh T, Mesbah NM, Wiegel J, Oren A. Reclassification of the genus Natronolimnobius: proposal of two new genera, Natronolimnohabitans gen. nov. to accommodate Natronolimnobius innermongolicus and Natrarchaeobaculum gen. nov. to accommodate Natronolimnobius aegyptiacus and Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3399-3405.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Natronolimnobius Itoh et al. 2005. Publication: Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2662-2673.
  • 🧔 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, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sorokin et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

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
    Natrarchaeobaculum aegyptiacum (Zhao et al. 2018) Sorokin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (Sorokin et al. 2019) Sorokin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Natrialbaceae Gupta et al. 2015

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Messina E, Yakimov MM, Itoh T, Mesbah NM, Wiegel J, Oren A. Reclassification of the genus Natronolimnobius: proposal of two new genera, Natronolimnohabitans gen. nov. to accommodate Natronolimnobius innermongolicus and Natrarchaeobaculum gen. nov. to accommodate Natronolimnobius aegyptiacus and Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3399-3405.

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