Name: Natrialba taiwanensis Hezayen et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tai.wa.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. taiwanensis, of Taiwan, referring to the isolation of the organism from solar salts produced in Taiwan

Pronunciation, gender: tai-wa-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: B 1; DSM 12281; JCM 9577; NBRC 102640

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16S rRNA gene: AB663459 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hezayen FF, Rehm BH, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A. Transfer of Natrialba asiatica B1T to Natrialba taiwanensis sp. nov. and description of Natrialba aegyptiaca sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic, aerobic, non-pigmented member of the Archaea from Egypt that produces extracellular poly(glutamic acid). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1133-1142.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

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.
  • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Natrialba asiatica Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996. Publication: Kamekura M, Dyall-Smith ML. Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae and the description of two new genera Halorubrobacterium and Natrialba. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:333-350. Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.
  • 🧍 The type strain of Natrialba taiwanensis Hezayen et al. 2001 was originally classified as Natrialba asiatica. — The specific epithet taiwanensis is a Neo Latin adjective in the feminine gender, not a Neo Latin noun in the genitive case as cited by Hezayen et al. 2001. Publication: Kamekura M, Dyall-Smith ML. Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae and the description of two new genera Halorubrobacterium and Natrialba. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:333-350.

Parent taxon: Natrialba Kamekura and Dyall-Smith 1996

Assigned by: Hezayen FF, Rehm BH, Tindall BJ, Steinbuchel A. Transfer of Natrialba asiatica B1T to Natrialba taiwanensis sp. nov. and description of Natrialba aegyptiaca sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic, aerobic, non-pigmented member of the Archaea from Egypt that produces extracellular poly(glutamic acid). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1133-1142.

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