Natronobacterium

Natronobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Natrialbales
Family: Natrialbaceae
Genus:
Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001[1]
Type species
Natronobacterium gregoryi
Tindall et al. 1984
Species
Synonyms[2]
  • Natronobacteria

Natronobacterium is a genus of archaeans in the family the Natrialbaceae.[1] 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.

  1. ^ a b See the NCBI webpage on Natronobacterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Page Genus: Natronobacterium on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-15.