Name: "Candidatus Nitrohelix" Mueller et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ni.tro’he.lix. L. neut. n. nitrum, nitrate; N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate (in compound words); Gr. fem. n. helix, a coil, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Nitrohelix, nitrate-forming spiral

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Nitrohelic-), ni-TRO-he-lix

Type species: "Candidatus Nitrohelix vancouverensis" Mueller et al. 2021

Effective publication: Mueller AJ, Jung MY, Strachan CR, Herbold CW, Kirkegaard RH, Wagner M, Daims H. Genomic and kinetic analysis of novel Nitrospinae enriched by cell sorting. ISME J 2021; 15:732-745.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nitrohelix vancouverensis" Mueller et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrospinaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Mueller AJ, Jung MY, Strachan CR, Herbold CW, Kirkegaard RH, Wagner M, Daims H. Genomic and kinetic analysis of novel Nitrospinae enriched by cell sorting. ISME J 2021; 15:732-745.

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Record number: 35563