Name: Natronorubrum sulfidifaciens Cui et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fi.di.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; L. pres. part. faciens, making, producing; N.L. part. adj. sulfidifaciens, sulfide-producing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: AD2; CGMCC 1.6307; JCM 14089

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB663476 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cui HL, Tohty D, Liu HC, Liu SJ, Oren A, Zhou PJ. Natronorubrum sulfidifaciens sp. nov., an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from Aiding salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:738-740.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10176 (N = 14).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Natronorubrum Xu et al. 1999

Assigned by: Cui HL, Tohty D, Liu HC, Liu SJ, Oren A, Zhou PJ. Natronorubrum sulfidifaciens sp. nov., an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from Aiding salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:738-740.

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Record number: 786102