Name: Natronospirales Sorokin et al. 2025

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Na.tro.no.spi.ra’les. N.L. fem. n. Natronospira, a bacterial genus; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Natronospirales, the Natronospira order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Corrigendum to "Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 47 (2024) 126519]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126526.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chromatiales Imhoff 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nitrosococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halothiobacillales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ectothiorhodospirales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiohalospirales Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Methylohalomonadales Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiohalomonadales Sorokin and Merkel 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Candidatus Tenderiales" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Chromatiales Imhoff 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Woeseiales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Granulosicoccales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nitrococcales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned the family Natronospiraceae Sorokin et al. 2025 to this order. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Corrigendum to "Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 47 (2024) 126519]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126526.
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned the family Natronospiraceae Sorokin et al. 2025 to this order. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519.
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned the genus Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017 to this order. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Corrigendum to "Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 47 (2024) 126519]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126526.
  • 🧒 Sorokin et al. (2024) assigned the genus Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017 to this order. Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519.
  • ❗ Natronospirales is the correct name instead if this order is regarded as a separate order (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another order whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧍 See also Sorokin et al. (2024). Publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Kolganova TV, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronospira bacteriovora sp. nov., and Natronospira elongata sp. nov., extremely salt-tolerant predatory proteolytic bacteria from soda lakes and proposal to classify the genus Natronospira into Natronospiraceae fam. nov., and Natronospirales ord. nov., within the class Gammaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126519.

Parent taxon: Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Imhoff JF. Order I. Chromatiales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1-3.

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