Name: Natronobacterium nitratireducens Xin et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and (in chemistry) converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. neut. part. adj. nitratireducens, nitrate-reducing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-tro-no-bak-TE-ri-um ni-tra-ti-re-DU-kens, neuter

Type strain: C231; CGMCC 1.1980; JCM 10879

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663436 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xin H, Itoh T, Zhou P, Suzuki K, Nakase T. Natronobacterium nitratireducens sp. nov., a aloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from a soda lake in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1825-1829. 🇯🇵

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halobiforma nitratireducens (Xin et al. 2001) Hezayen et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Dong et al. 2024 Dong XY, Mao YL, Zhang QK, Zhu LR, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome‑based classification of the family Natrialbaceae and description of four novel halophilic archaea from three saline lakes and a saline-alkaline land. Extremophiles 2024; 28:47. 🇨🇳
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2024-11-08 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the Minutes of the meetings, 24 September 2001, Sevilla, Spain of the Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae, the type strain of Natronobacterium nitratireducens is erroneously cited as JCM 10717. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Natronobacterium Tindall et al. 1984

Assigned by: Xin H, Itoh T, Zhou P, Suzuki K, Nakase T. Natronobacterium nitratireducens sp. nov., a aloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from a soda lake in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1825-1829. 🇯🇵

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