Genus Nitrososphaera
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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).
Nitrososphaera Stieglmeier et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nitrososphaera viennensis Stieglmeier et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. adj. nitrosus, full of natron; here intended to mean nitrous; L. fem. n. sphaera, a ball, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Nitrososphaera, the sphere producing nitrite.
Valid publication: STIEGLMEIER, M., KLINGL, A., ALVES, R. J. E., RITTMANN, S. K.-M. R., MELCHER, M., LEISCH, N. and SCHLEPER, C. 2014. Nitrososphaera viennensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from soil and a member of the archaeal phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2738-2752.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Nitrososphaera viennensis Stieglmeier et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EN76=DSM 26422=JMC 19564.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP007536.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. viennensis, from Vienna, where the type strain was isolated and characterized.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: STIEGLMEIER, M., KLINGL, A., ALVES, R. J. E., RITTMANN, S. K.-M. R., MELCHER, M., LEISCH, N. and SCHLEPER, C. 2014. Nitrososphaera viennensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from soil and a member of the archaeal phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2738-2752.
Original article in IJSEM Online