Name: Desulfonatronum zhilinae Zakharyuk et al. 2016
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
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
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