Natronospira
| Natronospira | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Chromatiales |
| Family: | Ectothiorhodospiraceae |
| Genus: | Natronospira Sorokin et al. 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Natronospira proteinivora | |
| Species | |
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N. proteinivora | |
Natronospira is an extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic genus of bacteria from the family of Ectothiorhodospiraceae with one known species (Natronospira proteinivora). Natronospira proteinivora has been isolated from hypersaline soda lakes from the Kulunda Steppe in Russia.