Nanohaloarchaea

Nanohaloarchaea is a class of archaea.

The reconstruction of two highly unusual archaeal genomes by de novo metagenomic assembly of multiple, deeply sequenced libraries via multi-locus phylogenetic analyses, from surface waters of Lake Tyrrell, a hypersaline lake in north-west Victoria, Australia, has led to the creation of a major novel euryarchaeal lineage, distantly related to halophilic archaea of class Halobacteria. In addition to their high abundance in Lake Tyrrell surface waters, there is a prevalence of Nanohaloarchaea in other hypersaline environments worldwide.^[1][2]

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[4]

• 'Candidatus Haloredivivus' ♠ Ghai et al. 2011
• 'Candidatus Nanosalina' ♠ Narasingarao et al. 2012
• 'Candidatus Nanosalinarum' ♠ Narasingarao et al. 2012

Notes:
♠ Strain found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)

Further reading

• Ghai; et al. (2011). "New Abundant Microbial Groups in Aquatic Hypersaline Environments". Scientific Reports. 1 (135). doi:10.1038/srep00135. PMID 22355652. 
• Narasingarao; et al. (2012). "De novo metagenomic assembly reveals abundant novel major lineage of Archaea in hypersaline microbial communities". ISME J. 6 (1): 81–93. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.78. PMC 3246234. PMID 21716304. 
• Narasingarao; et al. (2012). "De novo metagenomic assembly reveals abundant novel major lineage of Archaea in hypersaline microbial communities". ISME J. 6 (1): 81–93. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.78. PMC 3246234. PMID 21716304. 

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