Name: Natrinema salaciae Albuquerque et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.la.ci’a.e. N.L. gen. fem. n. salaciae, of Salacia, Roman goddess of the sea, who presided over the depths of the ocean, referring to the depth of Lake Medee

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 8172; DSM 25055; JCM 17869; MDB25

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB935413 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Taborda M, La Cono V, Yakimov M, da Costa MS. Natrinema salaciae sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from the deep, hypersaline anoxic Lake Medee in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:368-373.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05381 (N = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The culture collection accession number CECT 8172 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Parent taxon: Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Taborda M, La Cono V, Yakimov M, da Costa MS. Natrinema salaciae sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from the deep, hypersaline anoxic Lake Medee in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:368-373.

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