Genus Nitrosopumilus
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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").
Nitrosopumilus Qin et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nitrosopumilus maritimus Qin et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. adj. nitrosus, full of natron; here intended to mean nitrous; L. masc. n. pumilus, dwarf; N.L. masc. n. Nitrosopumilus, a dwarf producing nitrite.
Valid publication: QIN, W., HEAL, K. R., RAMDASI, R., KOBELT, J. N., MARTENS-HABBENA, W., BERTAGNOLLI, A. D., AMIN, S. A., WALKER, C. B., URAKAWA, H., KONNEKE, M., DEVOL, A. H., MOFFETT, J. W., ARMBRUST, E. V., JENSEN, G. J., INGALLS, A. E. and STAHL, D. A. 2017. Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 5067-5079.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Nitrosopumilus maritimus Qin et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SCM1=ATCC TSD-97=NCIMB 15022.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ085097.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP000866.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. maritimus, belonging to the sea; describing its habitat.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: QIN, W., HEAL, K. R., RAMDASI, R., KOBELT, J. N., MARTENS-HABBENA, W., BERTAGNOLLI, A. D., AMIN, S. A., WALKER, C. B., URAKAWA, H., KONNEKE, M., DEVOL, A. H., MOFFETT, J. W., ARMBRUST, E. V., JENSEN, G. J., INGALLS, A. E. and STAHL, D. A. 2017. Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 5067-5079.
Original article in IJSEM Online