Name: Natrinema pellirubrum McGenity et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pel.li.ru’brum. L. gen. fem. n. pellis, a skin or hide; L. masc. adj. ruber, rubrum red; N.L. neut. adj. pellirubrum, the red-hided Nutrinema

Pronunciation, gender: pel-li-RU-brum, neuter

Type strain: CIP 106293; DSM 15624; JCM 10476; NCIMB 786; NCMB 786

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16S rRNA gene: AB663464 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: McGenity TJ, Gemmell RT, Grant WD. Proposal of a new halobacterial genus Natrinema gen. nov., with two species Natrinema pellirubrum nom. nov. and Natrinema pallidum nom. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1187-1196.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998. Publication: McGenity TJ, Gemmell RT, Grant WD. Proposal of a new halobacterial genus Natrinema gen. nov., with two species Natrinema pellirubrum nom. nov. and Natrinema pallidum nom. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1187-1196.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 McGenity et al. 1998 write "We propose that Halobacterium salinarium NCIMB 786, Halobacterium trapanicum NCIMB 784 and Halobacterium halobium NCIMB 777 are placed into the new genus Natrinema and, as other halobacteria have the specific epithets "salinar(i)um, "trapanicum" and "halobium", it as been necessary to change these". However, according to Rule 34a, Natrinema pellirubrum is a new species, not a nomen novum as proposed by McGenity et al. 1998. — The strain NCIMB 786 was originally described (but not formally proposed) as Halobacterium cutirubrum subsp. proteolyticum by Formisano (1962). Publication: McGenity TJ, Gemmell RT, Grant WD. Proposal of a new halobacterial genus Natrinema gen. nov., with two species Natrinema pellirubrum nom. nov. and Natrinema pallidum nom. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1187-1196.

Parent taxon: Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998

Assigned by: McGenity TJ, Gemmell RT, Grant WD. Proposal of a new halobacterial genus Natrinema gen. nov., with two species Natrinema pellirubrum nom. nov. and Natrinema pallidum nom. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1187-1196.

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