Name: Nitrococcus Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.coc’cus. L. neut. n. nitrum, native soda, natron, nitrate; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus, sphere; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Nitrococcus, nitrate sphere

Gender: masculine (stem: Nitrococc-)

Type species: Nitrococcus mobilis Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watson SW, Waterbury JB. Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1971; 77:203-230.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Aitrococcus"; "Nitrococvus"; "Nitroeoccus".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02368 (N = 5).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NICO" 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.

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
    Nitrococcus mobilis Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.

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Record number: 517295