Name: Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Na.tri.ne’ma. N.L. neut. n. natrium, sodium; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Natrinema, the sodium thread, referring to the high sodium ion requirement, and the cell shape

Gender: neuter (stem: Natrinemat-)

Type species: Natrinema pellirubrum McGenity et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: McGenity TJ, Gemmell RT, Grant WD. 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 1998; 48:1187-1196.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Xin et al. 2000 Xin H, Itoh T, Zhou P, Suzuki K, Kamekura M, Nakase T. Natrinema versiforme sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Aibi salt lake, Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1297-1303. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 According to Minegishi et al., the genera Natrinema McGenity et al. 1998 and Haloterrigena Ventosa et al. 1999 might constitute a single genus.
  • De la Haba et al. 2021 de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Shimane Y, Ventosa A. Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740909.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 7 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 As of 2021-11-07 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nahinema"; "Natinema"; "Natnnema"; "Natrimena"; "Natrimma"; "Natrimwia"; "Natrinemaare"; "Natrinerna"; "Nutrinema".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2024. Publication: Cui HL, Hou J, Amoozegar MA, Dyall-Smith ML, de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Oren A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6290.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteria and subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 26 June 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3657-3661.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. 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 2000; 50:1405-1407.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the meeting 30 June 2010, Beijing, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:2257-2259.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 11 July 2017, Valencia, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4279-4283.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: . International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Xu et al. (2005), Strakova et al. (2023), Hu et al. (2023). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05946 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 23; CGMCC: 17; DSM: 11; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 3; CECT: 3; NCIMB: 2; CIP: 2; CCM: 1; BCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 22
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 23
Total number of child taxa: 28

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Natrinema ajinwuensis" Mahansaria et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Natrinema altunense Xu et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema amylolyticum Bao et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema caseinilyticum Hu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema ejinorense Castillo et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Natrinema gari Tapingkae et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema gelatinilyticum Hu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema halophilum Bao et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema hispanicum (Romano et al. 2007) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema limicola (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Natrinema limicola" (Cui et al. 2006) Rinke et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Natrinema longum (Cui et al. 2006) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema mahii (Ding et al. 2017) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema marinum Hu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema pallidum McGenity et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema pellirubrum McGenity et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Natrinema saccharevitans" (Xu et al. 2005) Rinke et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Natrinema saccharevitans (Xu et al. 2005) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema salaciae Albuquerque et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Natrinema salifodinae" (Zhang et al. 2013) Rinke et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Natrinema salifodinae (Zhang et al. 2013) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema salinisoli Bao et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema salsiterrestre Straková et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema soli Rasooli et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Natrinema thermotolerans" (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) Rinke et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Natrinema thermotolerans (Montalvo-Rodríguez et al. 2000) de la Haba et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema versiforme Xin et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natrinema zhouii Hu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Natrialbaceae Gupta et al. 2015

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069.

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