Name: "Natronomicrosphaera" Sorokin et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Na.tro.no.mi.cro.sphae’ra. N.L. neut. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Arabic natrun or natron, soda; Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Natronomicrosphaera, soda-loving small coccus

Gender: feminine (stem: Natronomicrosphaer-)

Type species: "Natronomicrosphaera hydrolytica" Sorokin et al. 2025

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Marturano L, Messina E, La Cono V, Yakimov MM. Natronomicrosphaera hydrolytica, gen. nov., sp. nov., a first representative of the phylum Planctomycetota from soda lakes. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2025; 48:126608.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; UQM: 1.

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
    "Natronomicrosphaera hydrolytica" Sorokin et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Phycisphaeraceae Fukunaga et al. 2010

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Marturano L, Messina E, La Cono V, Yakimov MM. Natronomicrosphaera hydrolytica, gen. nov., sp. nov., a first representative of the phylum Planctomycetota from soda lakes. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2025; 48:126608.

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Record number: 65123