Name: "Candidatus Nitromaritima" Ngugi et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ni.tro.ma.ri.ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, belonging to the sea; N.L. fem. n. Nitromaritima

Gender: feminine (stem: Nitromaritim-)

Original publication: Ngugi DK, Blom J, Stepanauskas R, Stingl U. Diversification and niche adaptations of Nitrospina-like bacteria in the polyextreme interfaces of Red Sea brines. ISME J 2016; 10:1383-1399.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ngugi et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the phylum "Nitrospinae" Lücker et al. 2013. Publication: Ngugi DK, Blom J, Stepanauskas R, Stingl U. Diversification and niche adaptations of Nitrospina-like bacteria in the polyextreme interfaces of Red Sea brines. ISME J 2016; 10:1383-1399.
  • 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.

Parent taxon: [Nitrospinota, not assigned to family]

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: 7690