Name: Natronocalculus amylovorans Sorokin et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.vo’rans. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. amylovorans, eating starch

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AArc-St2; JCM 32475; UNIQEM UQM41562; UQM 41562

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16S rRNA gene: MG584710 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Khizhniak TV, Koenen M, Bale NJ, Damste JSS, Kublanov IV. Natronocalculus amylovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natranaeroarchaeum aerophilus sp. nov., dominant culturable amylolytic natronoarchaea from hypersaline soda lakes in southwestern Siberia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126336.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Natronocalculus Sorokin et al. 2023. Publication: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Khizhniak TV, Koenen M, Bale NJ, Damste JSS, Kublanov IV. Natronocalculus amylovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natranaeroarchaeum aerophilus sp. nov., dominant culturable amylolytic natronoarchaea from hypersaline soda lakes in southwestern Siberia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126336.
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: JCM 32519.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Natronocalculus Sorokin et al. 2023

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Elcheninov AG, Khizhniak TV, Koenen M, Bale NJ, Damste JSS, Kublanov IV. Natronocalculus amylovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Natranaeroarchaeum aerophilus sp. nov., dominant culturable amylolytic natronoarchaea from hypersaline soda lakes in southwestern Siberia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126336.

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