Name: Natronovirga wadinatrunensis Mesbah and Wiegel 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wa.di.na.trun.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. wadinatrunensis, pertaining to the Wadi An Natrun, the source of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1444; DSM 18770; JW/NM-WN-LH1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU338489 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mesbah NM, Wiegel J. Natronovirga wadinatrunensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Natranaerobius trueperi sp. nov., halophilic, alkalithermophilic micro-organisms from soda lakes of the Wadi An Natrun, Egypt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2042-2048.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Natronovirga Mesbah and Wiegel 2009. Publication: Mesbah NM, Wiegel J. Natronovirga wadinatrunensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Natranaerobius trueperi sp. nov., halophilic, alkalithermophilic micro-organisms from soda lakes of the Wadi An Natrun, Egypt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2042-2048.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Natronovirga Mesbah and Wiegel 2009

Assigned by: Mesbah NM, Wiegel J. Natronovirga wadinatrunensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Natranaerobius trueperi sp. nov., halophilic, alkalithermophilic micro-organisms from soda lakes of the Wadi An Natrun, Egypt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2042-2048.

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Record number: 785724