Name: "Natronomonas salinimetallica" Mao et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.ni.me.ta’lli.ca. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, salty; L. neut. n. metallum, mine; N.L. fem. adj. salinimetallica, pertaining to a salt mine

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: KCTC 4321; LN261; MCCC 4K00169

16S rRNA gene: MN175139 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Mao YL, Zhang A, Hong T, Ding Y, Liu J, Hou J, Cui HL, Chen S. Halovenus anhuiensis sp. nov. and Natronomonas salinimetallica sp. nov., two extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt mine. Extremophiles 2026; 30:8. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Natronomonas Kamekura et al. 1997

Assigned by: Mao YL, Zhang A, Hong T, Ding Y, Liu J, Hou J, Cui HL, Chen S. Halovenus anhuiensis sp. nov. and Natronomonas salinimetallica sp. nov., two extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a salt mine. Extremophiles 2026; 30:8. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 70761

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