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Alexander Merkel
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Nine pure cultures of neutrophilic haloaloarchaea capable of anaerobic growth by carbohydrate dependent sulfur respiration were isolated from hypersaline lakes in southwestern Siberia and southern Russia. According to phylogenomic analysis the isolates were closely related to eac
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Me.tha.no.na.tron.ar.chae’um N.L. neut. n. methanum methane; N.L. pref. methano- pertaining to methane; N.L. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun natron, soda; N.L. neut. n. archaeum pertaining
to archaios, -e, -on ancient; N.L. neut. n. Methanonatronarchaeum
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Me.tha.no.na.tron.ar.chae.a.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Methanonatronarchaeum,
the type genus of the family; -aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanonatronarchaeaceae, the Methanonatronarchaeum family. The family Methanonatronarchaeaceae includes obligately anaerobic,
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Me.tha.no.na.tron.ar.chae.a’les N.L. neut. n. Methanonatronarchaeum the type genus of the order; -ales ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanonatronarchaeales the Methanonatronarchaeum order. Type genus: Methanonatronarchaeum Sorokin, Merkel, Abbas, Makarova, Rijpstra
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Me.tha.no.na.tron.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanonatronarchaeales, the type order of the class; -ia ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Methanonatronarchaeaia, the Methanonatronarchaeales class. Type order: Methanonatronarchaeales Sorokin, Merkel, Abbas, Makarova, R
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Me.tha.no.na.tron.ar.chae’i.a. N.L. fem. pl. n. Methanonatronarchaeales, the type order of the class; -ia ending to denote a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Methanonatronarchaeaia, the Methanonatronarchaeales class. Type order: Methanonatronarchaeales Sorokin, Merkel, Abbas, Makarova, R
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De.sul.fu.ri.spi’ra. L. pref. de from, off, away; L. neut. n. sulfur sulfur; L. fem. n. spira, spiral; L. fem. n. Desulfurispira, a spirillum that reduces sulfur. The genus Desulfurispira is classified as a member of the family Chrysiogenaceae in the phylum Chrysiogenetes (Soroki
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De.sul.fu.ri.spi’ra. L. pref. de from, off, away; L. neut. n. sulfur sulfur; L. fem. n. spira, spiral; L. fem. n. Desulfurispira, a spirillum that reduces sulfur. The genus Desulfurispira is classified as a member of the family Chrysiogenaceae in the phylum Chrysiogenetes (Soroki
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De.sul.fu.ri.spi.ril’lum. L. pref. de from, off, away; L. neut. n. sulfur sulfur; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral (from L. fem. n. spira, spiral); N.L. neut. n. Desulfurispirillum, a spirillum that reduces sulfur. The genus Desulfurispirillum is a member of the famil
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De.sul.fu.ri.spi.ril’lum. L. pref. de from, off, away; L. neut. n. sulfur sulfur; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral (from L. fem. n. spira, spiral); N.L. neut. n. Desulfurispirillum, a spirillum that reduces sulfur. The genus Desulfurispirillum is a member of the famil
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De.sul.fu.ri.spi.ril’lum. L. pref. de from, off, away; L. neut. n. sulfur sulfur; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral (from L. fem. n. spira, spiral); N.L. neut. n. Desulfurispirillum, a spirillum that reduces sulfur. The genus Desulfurispirillum is a member of the famil
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[De.thi.o.bac’ter L. pref. de from, off, away; Gr. neut. n. theion sulfur; N.L. masc. n. bacter a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dethiobacter rod-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfur
compounds]. Dethiobacter is a moderately salt-tolerant and obligately alkaliphilic sulfidogenic anaerobe isol
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[De.thi.o.bac’ter L. pref. de from, off, away; Gr. neut. n. theion sulfur; N.L. masc. n. bacter a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dethiobacter rod-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfur
compounds]. Dethiobacter is a moderately salt-tolerant and obligately alkaliphilic sulfidogenic anaerobe isol
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Me.tha.no.sal’ sum. N.L. pref. methano pertaining to methane; L. neut. part. adj. salsum salted, salty; N.L.neut. n. Methanosalsum the salty methane-producing organism.
The genus Methanosalsum, classified within the family Methanosarcinaceae, order Methanosarcinales, consists of
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Me.tha.no.sal’ sum. N.L. pref. methano pertaining to methane; L. neut. part. adj. salsum salted, salty; N.L.neut. n. Methanosalsum the salty methane-producing organism.
The genus Methanosalsum, classified within the family Methanosarcinaceae, order Methanosarcinales, consists of
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N.L. masc. n. Desulfuribacillaceae, the family of the genus Desulfuribacillus.
The family Desulfuribacillaceae incorporates obligately anaerobic, low-to moderately salt-tolerant, and alkaliphilic bacteria with respiratory metabolism inhabiting soda lakes. They utilize a limited n
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De.sul.fu.ri.ba.cil.la’les. N.L. masc. n. Desulfuribacillales, the order of the genus Desulfuribacillus.
Order Desulfuribacillales is the only order of the class Desulfuribacillia, which forms a deep-branching phylogenetic lineage at the base of the phylum Firmicutes. It consists
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De.sul.fu.ri.ba.cil’lus L. pref. de-, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Desulfuribacillus, a sulfur-reducing rod. The genus Desulfuribacillus was originally described
as a deep unaffiliated lineage in the order Bacillales. However, acc
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Thi.o.halo.mo’nas Gr. neut. n. thion sulfur; Gr. masc. n. hals, halos salt of the sea; Gr. fem. n. monas unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Thiohalomonas halophilic sulfur-utilizing monad.
The genus Thiohalomonas was originally classified as a member of an unaffiliated deep lineage of the
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Thi.o.ha.lo.spi’ra. Gr. neut. n. thion sulfur; Gr. masc. n. hals, halos salt of the sea; L. fem. n. spira spiral; N.L. fem. n. Thiohalospira salt-loving sulfur spiral. The genus Thiohalospira was originally classified as a member of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae, order Chroma
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