Name: Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens Sorokin et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fu.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, reducing; N.L. masc. part. adj. sulfurireducens, reducing sulfur

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sul-fu-ri-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: AArc1; JCM 30663; UNIQEM U932

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16S rRNA gene: KY612364 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2662-2673. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (Sorokin et al. 2019) Sorokin et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (Sorokin et al. 2019) Sorokin et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Natronolimnobius Itoh et al. 2005

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS. Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2662-2673. 🇷🇺

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