Name: Natronorubrum Xu et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Na.tro.no.ru’brum. N.L. neut. n. natron, soda, sodium carbonate (arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron); N.L. neut. n. natronum, pertaining to soda; L. neut. adj. rubrum, red; N.L. neut. n. Natronorubrum, the red of soda

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Natronorubr-), na-tro-no-RU-brum

Type species: Natronorubrum bangense Xu et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu Y, Zhou P, Tian X. Characterization of two novel haloalkaliphilic archaea Natronorubrum bangense gen. nov., sp. nov. and Natronorubrum tibetense gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:261-266. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Cui et al. 2006 Cui HL, Tohty D, Feng J, Zhou PJ, Liu SJ. Natronorubrum aibiense sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Aibi salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China, and emended description of the genus Natronorubrum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1515-1517. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Oren et al. 2009 Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. Emended descriptions of genera of the family Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:637-642. 🇮🇱 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
  • De la Haba et al. 2021 de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Shimane Y, Ventosa A. Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740909. 🇪🇸
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 As of 2021-11-07 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Natnmorubrum"; "Natonorubrum"; "Natrolzorubrum"; "Natrononrbrum"; "Natronorubrurn"; "Ronorubrum".
  • 🧔 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 Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1405-1407. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 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 Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the meeting 30 June 2010, Beijing, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:2257-2259. 🇮🇱
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae Minutes of the joint open meeting, 6 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2792-2795. 🇪🇸
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of De la Haba et al. (2021), Mao et al. (2026). 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: JCM: 13; CGMCC: 12; DSM: 3; CIP: 2; CECT: 2; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1; B: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Natronorubrum aibiense Cui et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum amylolyticum Mao et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum bangense Xu et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum daqingense (Wang et al. 2010) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Natronorubrum daqingense" (Wang et al. 2010) Rinke et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    "Natronorubrum halalkaliphilum" Xue et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Natronorubrum halobium Mao et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum halophilum Tao et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum marinum Mao et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum salinum Mao et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum sediminis Gutiérrez et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum sulfidifaciens Cui et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronorubrum texcoconense Ruiz-Romero et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Natronorubrum thiooxidans" Sorokin et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name
    Natronorubrum tibetense Xu et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Natrialbaceae Gupta et al. 2015

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069. 🇨🇦

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