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Natrialbaceae ''Natrialbales'' is an order of halophilic, chemoorganotrophic archaea within the class Haloarchaea. The type genus of this order is '' Natrialba.'' The name ''Natrialbales'' is derived from the Latin term ''Natriabla,'' referring to the type ge ...

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alkaliphile Alkaliphiles are a class of extremophilic microbes capable of survival in alkaline ( pH roughly 8.5–11) environments, growing optimally around a pH of 10. These bacteria can be further categorized as obligate alkaliphiles (those that require hig ...

, thriving at an optimum saline concentration of 20% and optimum pH of 10.

Taxonomy

As of 2022, there are 2 species described in this genus. ;Proposed species * ''Natronobacterium chahanensis'' and ''Natronobacterium innemongoliae'' are proposed names for strains isolated from soda lakes in

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. As of 2022, the descriptions from 1989 (''N. chahanensis'')Page ''Species: Natronobacterium chahanensis'' on and 1997 (''N. innemongoliae'')Page ''Species: Natronobacterium innemongoliae'' on are not validly published. ;Species formerly placed in this taxon. * ''Natronobacterium magadii'', now '' Natrialba magadii'' * ''Natronobacterium nitratireducens'', now '' Halobiforma nitratireducens'' * ''Natronobacterium pharaonis'', now '' Natronomonas pharaonis'' * ''Natronobacterium vacuolatum'', now '' Halorubrum vacuolatum''

Taxonomy

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