Name: Nitratiruptor Nakagawa et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tra.ti.rup.tor. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. masc. n. ruptor, breaker; N.L. masc. n. Nitratiruptor, nitrate-breaker (-reducer)

Gender: masculine (stem: Nitratiruptor-)

Type species: Nitratiruptor tergarcus 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Nitratiruptoraceae 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.
  • 🧕 Anderson et al. (2011) assigned this genus to the family Nautiliaceae Miroshnichenko et al. 2004. Publication: 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.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Shiotani et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nitratiruptor labii Fukushi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitratiruptor tergarcus Nakagawa et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nitratiruptoraceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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.

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