Name: Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate (in compound words); N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Nitrobacter, nitrate rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Nitrobacter-)

Type species: Nitrobacter winogradskyi Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Winogradsky S. Contributions à la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arkhiv Biologicheskikh Nauk (St. Petersbourg) 1892; 1:87-137.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Watson 1971 Watson SW. Taxonomic considerations of the family Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan. Requests for opinions. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:254-270.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2022-12-09 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Buchanan RE. Studies on the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: III. The Families of the Eubacteriales. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:347-350.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Buchanan RE. Studies on the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: III. The Families of the Eubacteriales. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:347-350.
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae". Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae". Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VII. Bradyrhizobiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 438.
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🧕 Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae". Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nilrobacter"; "Nitrobacteriae"; "Nitrobaeter"; "Xitrobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Nitrobacteria".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NCIMB: 2; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NIBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 20. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 20. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1958; 8:160-162.
  • 🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 23). Conservation not against another name but with a new circumscription, establishing Nitrobacter winogradskyii Winslow et al. 1917 as nomenclatural type. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 23. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1958; 8:169-170.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nitrobacter acidophilus" Xia et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name (not pro-correct name)
    Nitrobacter alkalicus Sorokin et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitrobacter hamburgensis Bock et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitrobacter vulgaris Bock et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nitrobacter winogradskyi Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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