Name: "Candidatus Nitrososphaeraceae" Tourna et al. 2011

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ni.tro.so.sphae.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Nitrososphaeraceae, the family of the genus Nitrososphaera

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Nitrososphaera" Tourna et al. 2011

Original publication: Tourna M, Stieglmeier M, Spang A, Konneke M, Schintlmeister A, Urich T, Engel M, Schloter M, Wagner M, Richter A, et al. Nitrososphaera viennensis, an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:8420-8425.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nitrososphaeraceae Stieglmeier et al. 2014

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nitrososphaeraceae Stieglmeier et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Nitrososphaeraceae Stieglmeier et al. 2014. Publication: Stieglmeier M, Klingl A, Alves RJ, Rittmann SK, Melcher M, Leisch N, Schleper C. 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 2014; 64:2738-2752.

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Record number: 36324