Name: Desulfurispira natronophila Sorokin and Muyzer 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na.tro.no’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. natron, soda (arbitrarily derived from the Arabaic noun natron or natrun); N.L. neut. n. natronum, pertaining to soda; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. natronophila, soda-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AHT 11; DSM 22071; UNIQEM U758

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16S rRNA gene: GQ922842 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Desulfurispira natronophila gen. nov. sp. nov.: an obligately anaerobic dissimilatory sulfur-reducing bacterium from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:349-355.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 136. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfurispira Sorokin and Muyzer 2010. Publication: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Desulfurispira natronophila gen. nov. sp. nov.: an obligately anaerobic dissimilatory sulfur-reducing bacterium from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:349-355.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfurispira Sorokin and Muyzer 2010

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Desulfurispira natronophila gen. nov. sp. nov.: an obligately anaerobic dissimilatory sulfur-reducing bacterium from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:349-355.

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