Name: Desulfonatronum zhilinae Zakharyuk et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zhi’li.nae. N.L. gen. fem. n. zhilinae, of Zhilina, named after Russian microbiologist Tatjana Zhilina, who pioneered the study of alkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacteria in natural ecosystems

Pronunciation, gender: Z͡HI-li-na͡e, neuter

Type strain: Al915-01; DSM 26338; VKM B-2744

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16S rRNA gene: JX984981 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zakharyuk AG, Kozyreva LP, Khijniak TV, Namsaraev BB, Shcherbakova VA. Desulfonatronum zhilinae sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from soda Lake Alginskoe, Trans-Baikal Region, Russia. Extremophiles 2015; 19:673-680. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfonatronum Pikuta et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zakharyuk AG, Kozyreva LP, Khijniak TV, Namsaraev BB, Shcherbakova VA. Desulfonatronum zhilinae sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from soda Lake Alginskoe, Trans-Baikal Region, Russia. Extremophiles 2015; 19:673-680. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 792677