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Genus Nitrosospira

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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).

 

Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933, genus.
Type species: ¤ Nitrosospira briensis Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. adj. nitrosus, full of natron; here intended to mean nitrous; L. fem. n. spira, a coil, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Nitrosospira, nitrous spiral.
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: WINOGRADSKY (S.) and WINOGRADSKY (H.): Études sur la microbiologie du sol. VII. Nouvelles recherches sur les organismes de la nitrification. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1933, 50, 350-434.

Note: According to Head et al. 1995, Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Nitrosolobus Watson et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 54. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 619-620.
Effective publication: HEAD (I.M.), HIORNS (W.D.), EMBLEY (T.M.), McCARTHY (A.J.) and SAUNDERS (J.R.): The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1993, 139, 1147-1153.
Validation List no. 54 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

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Nitrosospira briensis Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) no culture available.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not available.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. briensis, pertaining to Brie, a French place name.
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: WINOGRADSKY (S.) and WINOGRADSKY (H.): Études sur la microbiologie du sol. VII. Nouvelles recherches sur les organismes de la nitrification. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1933, 50, 350-434.

Note: Winogradsky and Winogradsky (1933) described two species, Nitrosospira briensis and "Nitrosospira antarctica", but, their original laboratory cultures were never preserved [1, 2]. In 1980, only Nitrosospira briensis was recognized in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names [3].
Although ATCC 25971was proposed as neotype for Nitrosospira briensis in 1971 [4], the Approved Lists 1980 [3] cite the type strain as "no culture available", hence leaving this species without a designated type strain. Since the Approved Lists, no neotype strain has been proposed in the IJSB/IJSEM, in accordance with the Rule 18c.
References:
1  WINOGRADSKY (S.) and WINOGRADSKY (H.): Études sur la microbiologie du sol. VII. Nouvelles recherches sur les organismes de la nitrification. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1933, 50, 350-434.
2 WATSON (S.W.), BOCK (E.), HARMS (H.), KOOPS (H.P.) and HOOPER (A.B.): Genus VII. Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933, 406AL. In: J.T. STALEY, M.P. BRYANT, N. PFENNIG and J.G. HOLT (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, pp. 1830-1831.
3 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).
4 WATSON (S.W.): Taxonomic Considerations of the Family Nitrobacteraceae Buchanan. Requests for Opinions. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1971, 21, 254-270.
Original article in IJSEM Online 

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Nitrosospira lacus Urakawa et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) APG3=NCIMB 14869=LMG 27536=ATCC BAA-2542.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC477402.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: CAUA01000000.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lacus, of a lake.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: URAKAWA, H., GARCIA, J. C., NIELSEN, J. L., LE, V. Q., KOZLOWSKI, J. A., STEIN, L. Y., LIM, C. K., POMMERENING-RöSER, A., MARTENS-HABBENA, W., STAHL, D. A. and KLOTZ, M. G. 2015. Nitrosospira lacus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from sandy lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 242-250
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Nitrosospira multiformis (Watson et al. 1971) Head et al. 1995, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) C-71 = ATCC 25196.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP000103.
Basonym: ¤ Nitrosolobus multiformis Watson et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. multiformis, manyshaped, multiform.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 54. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 619-620.
Effective publication: HEAD (I.M.), HIORNS (W.D.), EMBLEY (T.M.), McCARTHY (A.J.) and SAUNDERS (J.R.): The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1993, 139, 1147-1153.
Validation List no. 54 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

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Nitrosospira tenuis (ex Harms et al. 1976) Head et al. 1995, nom. rev., comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Nv-1 (stored in stock culture in the Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Hamburg, Germany).
Synonym: "Nitrosovibrio tenius" (sic) Harms et al. 1976.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR828474.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. tenuis, fine, thin.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 54. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 619-620.
Effective publication: HEAD (I.M.), HIORNS (W.D.), EMBLEY (T.M.), McCARTHY (A.J.) and SAUNDERS (J.R.): The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1993, 139, 1147-1153.
Validation List no. 54 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: In Validation List no. 54, Nitrosospira tenuis is erroneously proposed as a new combination.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.) and KUDO (T.): Corrigenda to the Validation Lists. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1933-1938.
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