Genus Nitrococcus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Nitrococcus Watson and Waterbury 1971, genus.
Type species: ¤ Nitrococcus mobilis Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. nitrum, native soda, natron, nitrate; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus, sphere; N.L. masc. n. Nitrococcus, nitrate sphere.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: WATSON (S.W.) and WATERBURY (J.B.): Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp. Archiv fur Mikrobiologie, 1971, 77, 203-230.
Nitrococcus mobilis Watson and Waterbury 1971, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 25380= CIP 104751.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM038001.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. mobilis, movable, motile.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: WATSON (S.W.) and WATERBURY (J.B.): Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp. Archiv fur Mikrobiologie, 1971, 77, 203-230.