Name: Natrarchaeobius Sorokin et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Na.trar.chae.o’bi.us. N.L. neut. n. natron, pertaining to soda; Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. masc. n. Natrarchaeobius, soda-philic archaeon

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Natrarchaeobi-), na-trar-k^ha͡e-O-bi-us

Type species: Natrarchaeobius chitinivorans Sorokin et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Bale NJ, Damste JSS, Khijniak TV, Kublanov IV. Corrigendum to "Natrachaeobius chitinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natrarchaeobius haloalkaliphilus sp. nov., alkaliphilic, chitin-utilizing haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42 (2019) 309-318]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:126003. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Natrachaeobius"; "Natrarchaebius".
  • 🧔 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, 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, 26 June 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3657-3661. 🇮🇱
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UNIQEM: 5; JCM: 3; DSM: 2.
  • 🧍 The effective publication is a corrigendum of an earlier publication. Publication: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS, Khijniak TV, Kublanov IV. Natrarchaeobius chitinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natrarchaeobius halalkaliphilus sp. nov., alkaliphilic, chitin-utilizing haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:309-318. 🇷🇺

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: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Natrarchaeobius chitinivorans Sorokin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrarchaeobius halalkaliphilus corrig. Sorokin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrarchaeobius haloalkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Natrarchaeobius oligotrophus" Tulenkov et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Natrarchaeobius versutus" Tulenkov et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Natrialbaceae Gupta et al. 2015

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Toshchakov SV, Bale NJ, Damste JSS, Khijniak TV, Kublanov IV. Corrigendum to "Natrachaeobius chitinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natrarchaeobius haloalkaliphilus sp. nov., alkaliphilic, chitin-utilizing haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 42 (2019) 309-318]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:126003. 🇷🇺

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