Natrialbales | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Halobacteria |
Order: | Natrialbales Gupta et al. 2015 |
Genus[1] | |
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Natrialbales is an order of halophilic, chemoorganotrophic archaea within the class Haloarchaea.[2] The type genus of this order is Natrialba.[1]
The name Natrialbales is derived from the Latin term Natriabla, referring to the type genus of the order and the suffix "-ales", an ending used to denote an order. Together, Natrialbales refers to an order whose nomenclatural type is the genus Natrialba.