Name: Nitratifractor Nakagawa et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tra.ti.frac.tor. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. masc. n. fractor, breaker; N.L. masc. n. Nitratifractor, nitrate-breaker (-reducer)

Gender: masculine (stem: Nitratifractor-)

Type species: Nitratifractor salsuginis Nakagawa et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakagawa S, Takai K, Inagaki F, Horikoshi K, Sako Y. Nitratiruptor tergarcus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nitratifractor salsuginis gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:925-933.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Campbell et al. (2006) assigned this genus to the family "Thiovulgaceae" Campbell et al. 2006. Publication: Campbell BJ, Engel AS, Porter ML, Takai K. The versatile epsilon-proteobacteria: key players in sulphidic habitats. Nat Rev Microbiol 2006; 4:458-468.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Sulfurovaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nitratifractor salsuginis Nakagawa et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nautiliaceae Miroshnichenko et al. 2004

Assigned by: Anderson I, Sikorski J, Zeytun A, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, et al. Complete genome sequence of Nitratifractor salsuginis type strain (E9I37-1). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:322-330.

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