Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (UNIQEM U932, JCM 30663, AArc 1)

Name: Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (UNIQEM U932, JCM 30663, AArc 1)
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BacDive ID 163851

Type strain

Culture col. no. UNIQEM U932 JCM 30663 AArc 1

NCBI tax ID(s) 2044521

Special Collections JCM Literature strains

History D. Y. Sorokin; Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands; AArc1.

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Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens JCM 30663 is a facultative anaerobe, motile, pleomorphic-shaped archaeon that has a red pigmentation and was isolated from Trona crystallizer in Kulunda Steppe.

motile pleomorphic-shaped pigmented facultative anaerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 28170

JCM 30663

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:39:42

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Natrialbaceae

Genus Natrarchaeobaculum

Species Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens

Full scientific name Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (Sorokin et al. 2019) Sorokin et al. 2020

Synonyms (1)

Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
68155	1-3.5 µm	0.5-0.6 µm	pleomorphic-shaped

Pigmentation

@ref	Production	Color
68155		red

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	37
68155	positive	optimum	40-43
68155	positive	maximum	48

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH	PH range
68155	positive	optimum	9.5-10
68155	positive	growth	8.5-10.5	alkaliphile

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

68155

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
68155	NaCl	positive	growth	2.5-5 M
68155	NaCl	positive	optimum	3.5-4 M

Observation

@ref	Observation
67770	quinones: MK-8
68155	cells lyse in hypotonic solutions below 1-1.5 M Na+
68155	Sugars are not utilized under any condition

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68155	28938 ChEBI	ammonium	+	nitrogen source

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68155	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68155	cytochrome oxidase	+/-	1.9.3.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Latitude	Longitude
67770	Trona crystallizer in Kulunda Steppe	Altai	Russia	RUS
68155	anaerobic sediment sampled at a hypersaline soda lake	Kulunda Steppe, Altai	Russia	RUS	Asia	51.39	79.46 51.39/79.46

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Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM343082v1 assembly for Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens AArc1	complete	GCA_003430825	2044521.3	2989234941	2044521	98.21

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens strain AArc1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KY612364	1435		2044521

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
68155	62.8-62.9	genome sequence analysis
67770	62.9	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Halo(natrono)archaea from hypersaline lakes can utilize sulfoxides other than DMSO as electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration.	Sorokin DY, Roman P, Kolganova TV.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-021-01219-y	2021
Phylogeny	Reclassification of the genus Natronolimnobius: proposal of two new genera, Natronolimnohabitans gen. nov. to accommodate Natronolimnobius innermongolicus and Natrarchaeobaculum gen. nov. to accommodate Natronolimnobius aegyptiacus and Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens.	Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Messina E, Yakimov MM, Itoh T, Mesbah NM, Wiegel J, Oren A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004186	2020
Phylogeny	Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes.	Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damste JS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003506	2019

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68155	Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Mikhail Yakimov, Enzo Messina, Alexander Y. Merkel, Nicole J. Bale and Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste: Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. IJSEM 69: 2662 - 2673 2019 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.003506 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Natrarchaeobaculum sulfurireducens (UNIQEM U932, JCM 30663, AArc 1)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Pigmentation

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_003430825

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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