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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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