Name: Natrialba hulunbeirensis Xu et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.lun.bei.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. hulunbeirensis, pertaining to Hulunbeir, relating to the isolation of the organism from a soda lake of Hulunbeir prefecture, China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-tri-AL-ba hu-lun-be͡i-REN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.1986; JCM 10989; NBRC 102639; X21

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663457 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu Y, Wang Z, Xue Y, Zhou P, Ma Y, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Natrialba hulunbeirensis sp. nov. and Natrialba chahannaoensis sp. nov., novel haloalkaliphilic archaea from soda lakes in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1693-1698. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Natrialba Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996

Assigned by: Xu Y, Wang Z, Xue Y, Zhou P, Ma Y, Ventosa A, Grant WD. Natrialba hulunbeirensis sp. nov. and Natrialba chahannaoensis sp. nov., novel haloalkaliphilic archaea from soda lakes in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1693-1698. 🇨🇳

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