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Natronorubrum compared with Natronorubrum tibetense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank
Kingdom same Archaea (Archaea) Archaea (Archaea)
Phylum same Halobacteriota (Halobacteriota) Halobacteriota (Halobacteriota)
Class same Halobacteria (Halobacteria) Halobacteria (Halobacteria)
Order same Halobacteriales (Halobacteriales) Halobacteriales (Halobacteriales)
Family same Natrialbaceae Natrialbaceae
Genus same Natronorubrum Natronorubrum
Species Natronorubrum Natronorubrum tibetense

Evolutionary Relationship

and share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Natronorubrum.

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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Natronorubrum is a genus of extremely haloalkaliphilic archaea in the family Halobacteriaceae, thriving in soda lakes with both high salt and high pH. Members of this genus are pigmented red due to bacterioruberin carotenoids and are found in alkaline hypersaline environments.

Natronorubrum tibetense is a halophilic, alkaliphilic archaeon in the family Natrialbaceae, originally isolated from soda lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. It thrives in highly saline and alkaline environments and produces carotenoid pigments giving colonies a red to orange colouration. Its conservation status is not evaluated.

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