Name: Natronomonas moolapensis Burns et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: moo.la.pen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. moolapensis, from Moolap, the place where the saltern crystallizer is situated from which the first isolates were recovered

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … moo-la-PEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 8.8.11; CECT 7526; CSW8.8.11; DSM 18674; JCM 14361

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16S rRNA gene: AB576127 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Burns DG, Janssen PH, Itoh T, Minegishi H, Usami R, Kamekura M, Dyall-Smith ML. Natronomonas moolapensis sp. nov., non-alkaliphilic isolates recovered from a solar saltern crystallizer pond, and emended description of the genus Natronomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1173-1176. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Natronomonas Kamekura et al. 1997

Assigned by: Burns DG, Janssen PH, Itoh T, Minegishi H, Usami R, Kamekura M, Dyall-Smith ML. Natronomonas moolapensis sp. nov., non-alkaliphilic isolates recovered from a solar saltern crystallizer pond, and emended description of the genus Natronomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1173-1176. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 788517