Genus Ottowia
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: 5
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Ottowia Spring et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ottowia thiooxydans Spring et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Ottowia, named in honour of Johannes C. G. Ottow, who made several contributions to our knowledge of denitrification in soil and activated sludge.
Valid publication: SPRING (S.), JÄCKEL (U.), WAGNER (M.) and KÄMPFER (P.): Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N2O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 99-106.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Ottowia Spring et al. 2004 emend. Felföldi et al. 2011.
Reference: FELFÖLDI (T.), KÉKI (Z.), SIPOS (R.), MÁRIALIGETI (K.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and TÓTH (E.M.): Ottowia pentelensis sp. nov., a floc-forming betaproteobacterium isolated from an activated sludge system treating coke plant effluent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2146-2150.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Ottowia Spring et al. 2004 emend. Felföldi et al. 2011 emend. Cao et al. 2014.
Reference: CAO, J., LAI, Q., LIU, Y., LI, G. and SHAO, Z. 2014. Ottowia beijingensis sp. nov., isolated from coking wastewater activated sludge, and emended description of the genus Ottowia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 963-967.
Original article.
Ottowia beijingensis Cao et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GCS-AN-3=LMG 27179=CGMCC 1.12324=MCCC 1A01410.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC755038.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. beijingensis, of Beijing, the capital of PR China, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: CAO, J., LAI, Q., LIU, Y., LI, G. and SHAO, Z. 2014. Ottowia beijingensis sp. nov., isolated from coking wastewater activated sludge, and emended description of the genus Ottowia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 963-967.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ottowia konkukae Yi et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SK3863=KCCM 43236=DSM 105395.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MG764241.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. konkukae, of Konkuk University, where the novel organisms were isolated.
Source: Food and drink.
Valid publication: YI, K. J., IM, W. T., KIM, D. W. and KIM, S. K. 2018. Ottowia konkukae sp. nov., isolated from rotten biji (tofu residue). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3458-3462.
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Ottowia oryzae Heo et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KADR8-3=KACC 19325=NBRC 113109.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MH031704.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP027666.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. oryzae, of rice, referring to isolation of the type strain from Andong sikhye, a Korean traditional rice beverage.
Source: Food and drink.
Valid publication: HEO, J., CHO, H., HONG, S.-B., KIM, J.-S., KWON, S.-W. and KIM, S.-J. 2018. Ottowia oryzae sp. nov., isolated from Andong sikhye, a Korean traditional rice beverage. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 3096-3100.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ottowia pentelensis Felföldi et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RB3-7 = DSM 21699 = NCAIM B 02336.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU518930.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. pentelensis, of or belonging to Pentele, referring to the traditional local name of Dunaújváros from where the inoculating sludge of the laboratory-scale activated sludge system was collected, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: FELFÖLDI (T.), KÉKI (Z.), SIPOS (R.), MÁRIALIGETI (K.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and TÓTH (E.M.): Ottowia pentelensis sp. nov., a floc-forming betaproteobacterium isolated from an activated sludge system treating coke plant effluent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2146-2150.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ottowia thiooxydans Spring et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K11 = DSM 14619 = JCM 11629.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ537466.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. part. adj. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. fem. part. adj. thiooxydans, oxidizing sulfur.
Valid publication: SPRING (S.), JÄCKEL (U.), WAGNER (M.) and KÄMPFER (P.): Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N2O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 99-106.
Original article in IJSEM Online