Genus Nitritalea
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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").
Nitritalea Anil Kumar et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nitritalea halalkaliphila Anil Kumar et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. n. nitrum, natural soda; L. fem. n. talea, a rod, a stick; N.L. fem. n. Nitritalea, a rod or stick from natural soda, referring to the isolation of the first strain from a soda lake.
Valid publication: ANIL KUMAR (P.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), PAVAN KUMAR (P.), MADHU (S.) and SHIVAJI (S.): Nitritalea halalkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium of the family 'Cyclobacteriaceae', phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2320-2325.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Nitritalea Anil Kumar et al. 2010 emend. Anil Kumar et al. 2012.
Reference: ANIL KUMAR (P.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), MADHU (S.), SRAVAN (R.), SINGH (S.), NAQVI (S.W.A.), MAYILRAJ (S.) and SHIVAJI (S.): Cecembia lonarensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkalitolerant bacterium of the family Cyclobacteriaceae, isolated from a haloalkaline lake and emended descriptions of the genera Indibacter, Nitritalea and Belliella. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2252-2258.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Nitritalea halalkaliphila Anil Kumar et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LW7 = CCUG 57665 = JCM 15946 = NCCB 100279.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FM991866.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. n. alkali, alkali; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê) friendly to, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halalkaliphila, loving salt and alkaline conditions.
Valid publication: ANIL KUMAR (P.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), PAVAN KUMAR (P.), MADHU (S.) and SHIVAJI (S.): Nitritalea halalkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium of the family 'Cyclobacteriaceae', phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2320-2325.
Original article in IJSEM Online