Name: Natronocella acetinitrilica Sorokin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ce.ti.ni.tri.li.ca. N.L. neut. n. acetinitrilum, acetinitrile; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. acetinitrilica, pertainig to the ability to utilize acetinitrile (acetonitrile)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ANL 6-2; NCCB 100123; NCCB 100179; UNIQEM U236

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16S rRNA gene: EF103128 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP, Takaichi S, Muyzer G. Acetonitrile degradation under haloalkaline conditions by Natronocella acetinitrilica gen. nov., sp. nov. Microbiology (Reading) 2007; 153:1157-1164.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Natronocella Sorokin et al. 2007. Publication: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP, Takaichi S, Muyzer G. Acetonitrile degradation under haloalkaline conditions by Natronocella acetinitrilica gen. nov., sp. nov. Microbiology (Reading) 2007; 153:1157-1164.
  • 📧 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication the type strain NCCB 100179 is erroneously cited as NCCB 100123. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

Parent taxon: Natronocella Sorokin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP, Takaichi S, Muyzer G. Acetonitrile degradation under haloalkaline conditions by Natronocella acetinitrilica gen. nov., sp. nov. Microbiology (Reading) 2007; 153:1157-1164.

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