Species Natrinema ejinorense

Name: Natrinema ejinorense Castillo et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: e.ji.no.ren’se. N.L. neut. adj. ejinorense, pertaining to the saline lake Ejinor, Inner Mongolia, China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-tri-NE-ma e-ji-no-REN-se, neuter

Type strain: CECT 7144; CGMCC 1.6202; DSM 18194; EJ-57; JCM 13890

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16S rRNA gene: AB663461 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Castillo AM, Gutierrez MC, Kamekura M, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Natrinema ejinorense sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2683-2687. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natrinema longum (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloterrigena longa Cui et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Natrinema longum (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to De la Haba et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Haloterrigena longa Cui et al. 2006. Publication: de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Shimane Y, Ventosa A. Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740909. 🇪🇸
  • ⏲ According to De la Haba et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Natrinema longum (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022. Publication: de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Shimane Y, Ventosa A. Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740909. 🇪🇸
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.
  • ❗ Natrinema ejinorense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Natrinema.
  • 😷 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: Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998

Assigned by: Castillo AM, Gutierrez MC, Kamekura M, Xue Y, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Natrinema ejinorense sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2683-2687. 🇪🇸

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