Name: "Candidatus Nitrobium" Arshad et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ni.tro’bi.um. N.L. neut. n. nitrogenium, nitrogen; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Nitrobium, a living entity metabolizing nitrogen compounds

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Nitrobi-), ni-TRO-bi-um

Type species: "Candidatus Nitrobium versatile" Arshad et al. 2017

Effective publication: Arshad A, Dalcin Martins P, Frank J, Jetten MSM, Op den Camp HJM, Welte CU. Mimicking microbial interactions under nitrate-reducing conditions in an anoxic bioreactor: enrichment of novel Nitrospirae bacteria distantly related to Thermodesulfovibrio. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:4965-4977. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 27995
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