Name: Dietzia natronolimnaea corrig. Duckworth et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na.tro.no.lim.nae’a. N.L. neut. n. natron, soda, sodium carbonate (arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron); N.L. adj. limnaeus -a -um, of or from the marsh; from Gr. masc. adj. limnaîos; N.L. fem. adj. natronolimnaea, of or from a soda lake (marsh)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … na-tro-no-lim-NA͡E-a, feminine

Type strain: 15LN1; CBS 107.95; DSM 44860; JCM 11417; NBRC 105040

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X92157 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Duckworth AW, Grant S, Grant WD, Jones BE, Meijer D. Dietzia natronolimnaios sp. nov., a new member of the genus Dietzia isolated from an east African soda lake. Extremophiles 1998; 2:359-366. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dietzia natronolimnaios Duckworth et al. 1999	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 23 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The strain CBS 107. 95 is not in the CBS open collection. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, natronolimnaios (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Parent taxon: Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995

Assigned by: Duckworth AW, Grant S, Grant WD, Jones BE, Meijer D. Dietzia natronolimnaios sp. nov., a new member of the genus Dietzia isolated from an east African soda lake. Extremophiles 1998; 2:359-366. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 775788