Name: Natronolimnobius aegyptiacus Zhao et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.gyp.ti’a.cus. L. masc. adj. aegyptiacus, pertaining to Egypt, Egyptian

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2088; DSM 23470; JW/NM-HA 15

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16S rRNA gene: KX857214 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao B, Hu Q, Guo X, Liao Z, Sarmiento F, Mesbah NM, Yan Y, Li J, Wiegel J. Natronolimnobius aegyptiacus sp. nov., an extremely halophilic alkalithermophilic archaeon isolated from the athalassohaline Wadi An Natrun, Egypt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:498-506. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natrarchaeobaculum aegyptiacum (Zhao et al. 2018) Sorokin et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natrarchaeobaculum aegyptiacum (Zhao et al. 2018) Sorokin et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Natronolimnobius aegyptiacus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Natronolimnobius.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Natronolimnobius Itoh et al. 2005

Assigned by: Zhao B, Hu Q, Guo X, Liao Z, Sarmiento F, Mesbah NM, Yan Y, Li J, Wiegel J. Natronolimnobius aegyptiacus sp. nov., an extremely halophilic alkalithermophilic archaeon isolated from the athalassohaline Wadi An Natrun, Egypt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:498-506. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 797514