Natrinema

Natrinema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Natrialbales
Family:	Natrialbaceae
Genus:	Natrinema; McGenity et al. 1998
Type species
	Natrinema pellirubrum; McGenity et al. 1998
Species
	See text

Natrinema (common abbreviation Nnm.) is a genus of archaeans in the family Natrialbaceae.

Taxonomy

As of 2022, there are 18 species validly published in the genus Natrinema.

Natrinema is related to the genus Haloterrigena, established in 1999, resulting in confusion about taxon limits and several species apparently being assigned to the wrong genus. Based on phylogenomic analysis, eight species from Haloterrigena as well as Halopiger salifodinae were transferred to Natrinema in 2022.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026

53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232

Natrinema~

	N. hispanicum

	N. limicola

Natrinema~1

N. versiforme

N. marinum

N. thermotolerans

	N. mahii

	N. saccharevitans

Natrinema s.s.

N. amylolyticum

	N. salinisoli

	N. salsiterrestre

N. gari

N. altunense

	N. pellirubrum

	N. pallidum

Natrinema~2

N. salaciae

	N. soli Rasooli et al. 2017

	N. zhouii

	N. ejinorense

	N. longum

Natrinema~3

N. halophilum

	N. caseinilyticum

	N. gelatinilyticum

Natronorubrum

	Natronolimnohabitans

	Haloterrigena

Natronorubrum

Natrinema

N. salifodinae (Zhang et al. 2013) de la Haba et al. 2022

N. marinum Hu et al. 2023

N. halophilum Bao et al. 2022

	N. caseinilyticum Hu et al. 2023

	N. gelatinilyticum Hu et al. 2023

	N. hispanicum (Romano et al. 2007) de la Haba et al. 2022

	N. limicola (Cui et al. 2006) Rinke et al. 2020

N. salaciae Albuquerque et al. 2012

N. zhouii Hu et al. 2023

	N. salinisoli Bao et al. 2022

	N. salsiterrestre Straková et al. 2023

N. amylolyticum Bao et al. 2022

N. ejinorense Castillo et al. 2006 [incl.
N. longum (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022]

N. versiforme Xin et al. 2000

N. pallidum McGenity et al. 1998

	N. altunense Xu et al. 2005 [incl. "N. ajinwuensis" ?Mahansaria, Choudhury & Mukherjee 2015]

	N. gari Tapingkae et al. 2008

	N. mahii (Ding et al. 2017) de la Haba et al. 2022

	N. saccharevitans (Xu et al. 2005) Rinke et al. 2020

	N. pellirubrum McGenity et al. 1998

	N. thermotolerans (Montalvo-Rodrguez et al. 2000) Rinke et al. 2020

Note: Unassigned Natrinema

"N. aidingensis" Liu et al. 2003a
"N. thermophila" Kim et al. 2018
"N. xinjiang" Habdin & Tohty 2005
"N. yunnanense" [Natrinema sp. CY21]

References

1 2 3 Natrinema in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
1 2 C.L. Schoch. "Natrinema". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
↑ Tindall, B. J. (2003). "Taxonomic problems arising in the genera Haloterrigena and Natrinema". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 5): 1697–1698. Published online 28 February 2003. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02529-0. PMID 13130070.
↑ de la Haba, Rafael; Minegishi, Hiroaki; Kamekura, Masahiro; Shimane, Yasuhiro; Ventosa, Antonio (2021). "Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12 740909. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.740909. PMC 8530250. PMID 34690986.
↑ "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Amann, Rudolf (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea". Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.
↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

Xin H; Itoh T; Zhou P; Suzuki K; et al. (2000). "Natrinema versiforme sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Aibi salt lake, Xinjiang, China". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50 (3): 1297–1303. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-3-1297. PMID 10843075.
Oren A; Ventosa A (2000). "International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50 (3): 1405–1407. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-3-1405. PMID 10843089.
McGenity TJ; Gemmell RT; Grant WD (1998). "Proposal of a new halobacterial genus Natrinema gen. nov., with two species Natrinema pellirubrum nom. nov. and Natrinema pallidum nom. nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48 (4): 1187–1196. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-4-1187. PMID 9828420.
Feng, Jie; Wang, Jian; Du, Xin; Tang, Wei; et al. (Mar 2014). "Proteomic Analysis of the Secretome of Haloarchaeon Natrinema sp. J7−2". Journal of Proteome Research. 13 (3): 1248–1258. doi:10.1021/pr400728x. PMID 24512091.^{[permanent dead link]}

Scientific books

Gibbons, NE (1974). "Family V. Halobacteriaceae fam. nov.". In RE Buchanan; NE Gibbons (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (8th ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co.

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[LPSN-1] 1 2 3 Natrinema in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.

[NCBI-2] 1 2 C.L. Schoch. "Natrinema". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.

[3] Tindall, B. J. (2003). "Taxonomic problems arising in the genera Haloterrigena and Natrinema". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 5): 1697–1698. Published online 28 February 2003. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02529-0. PMID 13130070.

[4] Haba, Rafael; Minegishi, Hiroaki; Kamekura, Masahiro; Shimane, Yasuhiro; Ventosa, Antonio (2021). "Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12 740909. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.740909. PMC 8530250. PMID 34690986.

[5] "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.

[6] "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.

[7] Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Amann, Rudolf (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea". Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.

[about-8] "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[tree-9] "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[taxon_history-10] "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

Natrinema

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