Name: "Natronocytophaga" Sorokin et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Na.tro.no.cy.to’pha.ga. N.L. neut. n. natron, soda, sodium carbonate; from Arabic n. natrun, natron; Gr. neut. n. kytos, hollow, vessel, jar, and in biology a cell; Gr. inf. v. phageîn, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Natronocytophaga, soda-loving devourer of cell or cellulose

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Natronocytophag-), na-tro-no-ky-TO-p^ha-ga

Type species: "Natronocytophaga cellulosiphila" Sorokin et al. 2025

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Khizhniak TV. Natronocytophaga cellulosiphila, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinimicrobium hydrolyticum sp. nov., aerobic haloalkaliphilic bacteria of a cellulose-mineralizing consortium from soda lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126652.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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
    "Natronocytophaga cellulosiphila" Sorokin et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Khizhniak TV. Natronocytophaga cellulosiphila, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinimicrobium hydrolyticum sp. nov., aerobic haloalkaliphilic bacteria of a cellulose-mineralizing consortium from soda lakes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126652.

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Record number: 67410