Name: Natronobacterium vacuolata Mwatha and Grant 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51376; CIP 104547; DSM 8800; JCM 9060; M24; NCIMB 13189

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16S rRNA gene: AB663425 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mwatha WE, Grant WD. Natronobacterium vacuolata sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from Lake Magadi, Kenya. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:401-404.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Natronobacterium vacuolatum corrig. Mwatha and Grant 1993

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natronobacterium vacuolatum corrig. Mwatha and Grant 1993	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Halorubrum vacuolatum (Mwatha and Grant 1993) Kamekura et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Natronobacterium Tindall et al. 1984

Assigned by: Mwatha WE, Grant WD. Natronobacterium vacuolata sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from Lake Magadi, Kenya. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:401-404.

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Record number: 798635