Name: Natronobacillus azotifigens Sorokin et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.zo.ti.fi’gens. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen (from french noun azote); L. pres. part. figens, fixing, attaching; N.L. part. adj. azotifigens, nitrogen-fixing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 24KS-1; NCCB 100215; UNIQEM U378

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16S rRNA gene: EU143681 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin ID, Zadorina EV, Kravchenko IK, Boulygina ES, Tourova TP, Sorokin DY. Natronobacillus azotifigens gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic diazotrophic haloalkaliphile from soda-rich habitats. Extremophiles 2008; 12:819-827.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 125. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Natronobacillus Sorokin et al. 2009. Publication: Sorokin ID, Zadorina EV, Kravchenko IK, Boulygina ES, Tourova TP, Sorokin DY. Natronobacillus azotifigens gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic diazotrophic haloalkaliphile from soda-rich habitats. Extremophiles 2008; 12:819-827.
  • 📧 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species and genus affiliate within the genus Amphibacillus and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Natronobacillus Sorokin et al. 2009

Assigned by: Sorokin ID, Zadorina EV, Kravchenko IK, Boulygina ES, Tourova TP, Sorokin DY. Natronobacillus azotifigens gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic diazotrophic haloalkaliphile from soda-rich habitats. Extremophiles 2008; 12:819-827.

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