Natronobacterium

Natronobacterium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Natrialbales
Family: Natrialbaceae
Genus: Natronobacterium
Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001
Type species
Natronobacterium gregoryi
Tindall et al. 1984
Species
  • N. chahanensis
  • N. gregoryi
  • "N. innermongoliae"
  • N. texcoconense
Synonyms
  • Natronobacteria

Natronobacterium is a genus of archaeans in the family the Natrialbaceae. A member of the domain Archaea, it is both an extreme halophile and alkaliphile, thriving at an optimum saline concentration of 20% and optimum pH of 10.

Taxonomy

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

Proposed species:

Species formerly placed in this taxon.
16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232
Halobiforma

H. nitratireducens (Xin et al. 2001) Hezayen et al. 2002

H. haloterrestris Hezayen et al. 2002

H. lacisalsi Xu et al. 2005

Natronobacterium

N. gregoryi Tindall et al. 1984

N. texcoconense Ruiz-Romero et al. 2013

Natronococcus
Natronobacterium

N. gregoryi

N. texcoconense

N. nitratireducens Xin et al. 2001

N. haloterrestris (Hezayen et al. 2002) Dong et al. 2025

N. lacisalsi (Xu et al. 2005) Dong et al. 2025

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 C.L. Schoch. "Natronobacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  2. 1 2 Natronobacterium 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.
  3. ↑ Page Species: Natronobacterium chahanensis on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. ↑ Page Species: Natronobacterium innemongoliae on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  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.
  8. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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