Natronomonas

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Natronomonas Kamekura et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Natronomonas pharaonis (Soliman and Trüper 1983) Kamekura et al. 1997.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Nmn. (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; L. fem. n. monas, monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Natronomonas, the soda unit.
Reference: KAMEKURA (M.), DYALL-SMITH (M.L.), UPASANI (V.), VENTOSA (A.) and KATES (M.): Diversity of alkaliphilic halobacteria: proposals for transfer of Natronobacterium vacuolatum, Natronobacterium magadii, and Natronobacterium pharaonis to Halorubrum, Natrialba, and Natronomonas gen. nov., respectively, as Halorubrum vacuolatum comb. nov., Natrialba magadii comb. nov., and Natronomonas pharaonis comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 853-857.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Natronomonas Kamekura et al. 1997 emend. Burns et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Natronomonas pharaonis (Soliman and Trüper 1983) Kamekura et al. 1997.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Nmn. (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; L. fem. n. monas, monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Natronomonas, the soda unit.
Reference: BURNS (D.G.), JANSSEN (P.H.), ITOH (T.), MINEGISHI (H.), USAMI (R.), KAMEKURA (M.) and DYALL-SMITH (M.L.): Natronomonas moolapensis sp. nov., non-alkaliphilic isolates recovered from a solar saltern crystallizer pond, and emended description of the genus Natronomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1173-1176.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Natronomonas moolapensis Burns et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 8.8.11 = CSW8.8.11 = CECT 7526 = DSM 18674 = JCM 14361.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY498645.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. moolapensis, of or belonging to Moolap, the place where the saltern crystallizer is situated from which the first isolates were recovered.
Reference: BURNS (D.G.), JANSSEN (P.H.), ITOH (T.), MINEGISHI (H.), USAMI (R.), KAMEKURA (M.) and DYALL-SMITH (M.L.): Natronomonas moolapensis sp. nov., non-alkaliphilic isolates recovered from a solar saltern crystallizer pond, and emended description of the genus Natronomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1173-1176.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Natronomonas pharaonis (Soliman and Trüper 1983) Kamekura et al. 1997, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Gabara = ATCC 35678 = CIP 103997 = DSM 2160 = IFO (now NBRC) 14720 = JCM 8858 = NCIMB 2260 = VKM B-1749.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CR936257.
Basonym: ¤ Halobacterium pharaonis Soliman and Trüper 1983.
Other synonym: ¤ Natronobacterium pharaonis (Soliman and Trüper 1983) Tindall et al. 1984.
Etymology: L. gen. n. pharaonis, of Pharaoh, title of the kings of ancient Egypt.
Reference: KAMEKURA (M.), DYALL-SMITH (M.L.), UPASANI (V.), VENTOSA (A.) and KATES (M.): Diversity of alkaliphilic halobacteria: proposals for transfer of Natronobacterium vacuolatum, Natronobacterium magadii, and Natronobacterium pharaonis to Halorubrum, Natrialba, and Natronomonas gen. nov., respectively, as Halorubrum vacuolatum comb. nov., Natrialba magadii comb. nov., and Natronomonas pharaonis comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 853-857.
Original article in IJSEM Online