Name: Natronoflexus pectinivorans Sorokin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pec.ti.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. pectinum, pectin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. pectinivorans, pectin-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AP1; DSM 24179; UNIQEM U807

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ922844 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Panteleeva AN, Tourova TP, Kaparullina EN, Muyzer G. Natronoflexus pectinivorans gen. nov. sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic and alkaliphilic fermentative member of Bacteroidetes from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2011; 15:691-696.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 144. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:473-475.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Natronoflexus Sorokin et al. 2012. Publication: Sorokin DY, Panteleeva AN, Tourova TP, Kaparullina EN, Muyzer G. Natronoflexus pectinivorans gen. nov. sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic and alkaliphilic fermentative member of Bacteroidetes from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2011; 15:691-696.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Natronoflexus Sorokin et al. 2012

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Panteleeva AN, Tourova TP, Kaparullina EN, Muyzer G. Natronoflexus pectinivorans gen. nov. sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic and alkaliphilic fermentative member of Bacteroidetes from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2011; 15:691-696.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/natronoflexus-pectinivoransCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 789524