Name: Natronotalea proteinilytica Sorokin et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.te.i.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. proteinum, protein; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. proteinilytica, dissolving proteins

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: na-tro-no-TA-le-a pro-te-i-ni-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: BSker2; JCM 31342; UNIQEM U1009

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16S rRNA gene: KU720569 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Khijniak TV, Galinski EA, Kublanov IV. Natronotalea proteinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longimonas haloalkaliphila sp. nov., extremely haloalkaliphilic members of the phylum Rhodothermaeota from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4161-4167. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Natronotalea Sorokin et al. 2017. Publication: Sorokin DY, Khijniak TV, Galinski EA, Kublanov IV. Natronotalea proteinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longimonas haloalkaliphila sp. nov., extremely haloalkaliphilic members of the phylum Rhodothermaeota from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4161-4167. 🇷🇺
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Natronotalea Sorokin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Khijniak TV, Galinski EA, Kublanov IV. Natronotalea proteinilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longimonas haloalkaliphila sp. nov., extremely haloalkaliphilic members of the phylum Rhodothermaeota from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4161-4167. 🇷🇺

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