Genus Nitratiruptor
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Nitratiruptor Nakagawa et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nitratiruptor tergarcus Nakagawa et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. nitras -atis, nitrate; L. masc. n. ruptor, breaker; N.L. masc. n. Nitratiruptor, nitrate-breaker (-reducer).
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (S.), TAKAI (K.), INAGAKI (F.), HORIKOSHI (K.) and SAKO (Y.): Nitratiruptor tergarcus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nitratifractor salsuginis gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 925-933.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Nitratiruptor tergarcus Nakagawa et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MI55-1 = DSM 16512 = JCM 12459.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB175499.
Etymology: L. neut. n. tergum, back; L. gen. n. arcus, of an arc; N.L. gen. n. tergarcus, of a back arc (geological term).
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (S.), TAKAI (K.), INAGAKI (F.), HORIKOSHI (K.) and SAKO (Y.): Nitratiruptor tergarcus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nitratifractor salsuginis gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 925-933.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Nakagawa et al. 2005, the meaning of the neo-Latin noun tergarcus is erroneously provided as "of a black arc" in place of "of a back arc".