Name: "Nitrospinia" Luecker et al. 2013

Category: Class

Proposed as: class. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.spi’ni.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Nitrospinia, the Nitrospinales class

Pronunciation, gender: ni-tro-SPI-ni-a, neuter

Type order: "Nitrospinales" Luecker et al. 2013

Original publication: Lucker S, Nowka B, Rattei T, Spieck E, Daims H. The Genome of Nitrospina gracilis Illuminates the Metabolism and Evolution of the Major Marine Nitrite Oxidizer. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:27.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nitrospinia Lücker et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Nitrospinia" Cavalier-Smith 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Nitrospinia Lücker et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Nitrospinae" Lücker et al. 2013. Publication: Lucker S, Nowka B, Rattei T, Spieck E, Daims H. The Genome of Nitrospina gracilis Illuminates the Metabolism and Evolution of the Major Marine Nitrite Oxidizer. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:27.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this class to the subphylum "Rhodobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1987) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Lücker et al. (2013) assigned this class to the phylum "Nitrospinae" Lücker et al. 2013. Publication: Lucker S, Nowka B, Rattei T, Spieck E, Daims H. The Genome of Nitrospina gracilis Illuminates the Metabolism and Evolution of the Major Marine Nitrite Oxidizer. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:27.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the family Nitrospinaceae Garrity et al. 2006 to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧒 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned the genus Nitrospina Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) to this class. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🛺 The type order of this class has been placed in the class Nitrospinia Lücker et al. 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.

Parent taxon: Nitrospinota Lücker et al. 2021

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.

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