Genus Nitrosarchaeum
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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").
Nitrosarchaeum Jung et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nitrosarchaeum koreense Jung et al. 2018.
Etymology: N.L. adj. nitrosus, full of natron; here intended to mean nitrous; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, an archaeaon; N.L. neut. n. Nitrosarchaeum, an archaeon producing nitrite.
Valid publication: JUNG, M.-Y., ISLAM, M. A., GWAK, J.-H., KIM, J.-G. and RHEE, S.-K. 2018. Nitrosarchaeum koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon member of the phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from agricultural soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3084-3095.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Nitrosarchaeum koreense Jung et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MY1=JCM 31640=KCTC 4249.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ331116.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. koreense, from South Korea where the type strain was isolated and characterized.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: JUNG, M.-Y., ISLAM, M. A., GWAK, J.-H., KIM, J.-G. and RHEE, S.-K. 2018. Nitrosarchaeum koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon member of the phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from agricultural soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3084-3095.
Original article in IJSEM Online