Natronobacterium
| Natronobacterium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Halobacteriota |
| Class: | Halobacteria |
| Order: | Natrialbales |
| Family: | Natrialbaceae |
| Genus: | Natronobacterium Tindall et al. 1984 emend. Tindall 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Natronobacterium gregoryi Tindall et al. 1984 | |
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Natronobacterium is a genus of archaeans in the family the Natrialbaceae. A member of the domain Archaea, it is both an extreme halophile and alkaliphile, thriving at an optimum saline concentration of 20% and optimum pH of 10.