Natronococcus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Natronococcus

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Natronococcus Tindall et al. 1984, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Natronococcus occultus Tindall et al. 1984.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Ncc. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: N.L. n. natron (arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron) soda, sodium carbonate; N.L. pref. natrono-, pertaining to soda; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Natronococcus, soda berry.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [TINDALL (B.J.), ROSS (H.N.M.) and GRANT (W.D.): Natronobacterium gen. nov. and Natronococcus gen. nov., two new genera of haloalkaliphilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1984, 5, 41-57.]
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Natronococcus amylolyticus Kanai et al. 1995, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Ah-36 = ATCC 51971 = CIP 105333 = DSM 10524 = JCM 9655.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D43628.
Etymology: Gr. n. amulon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus (from Gr. masc. adj. lutikos), able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, starch dissolving.
Reference: KANAI (H.), KOBAYASHI (T.), AONO (R.) and KUDO (T.): Natronococcus amylolyticus sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic archaeon. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 762-766.
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Natronococcus jeotgali Roh et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain B1 = CECT 7216 = DSM 18795 = KCTC 4018 = JCM 14583.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF077631.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. jeotgali, of jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood.
Reference: ROH (S.W.), NAM (Y.D.), CHANG (H.W.), SUNG (Y.), KIM (K.H.), LEE (H.J.), OH (H.M.) and BAE (J.W.): Natronococcus jeotgali sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from shrimp jeotgal, a traditional fermented seafood from Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2129-2131.
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Natronococcus occultus Tindall et al. 1984, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SP4 = ATCC 43101 = CIP 104548 = DSM 3396 = JCM 8859 = NBRC 102186 = NCIMB 2192 = VKM B-1752.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Z28378.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. occultus, hidden, the hidden Natronococcus.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [TINDALL (B.J.), ROSS (H.N.M.) and GRANT (W.D.): Natronobacterium gen. nov. and Natronococcus gen. nov., two new genera of haloalkaliphilic archaebacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1984, 5, 41-57.]
Validation List N° 15 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online