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Genus "Candidatus Nitrosacidicoccus"
Name: "Candidatus Nitrosacidicoccus" corrig. Picone et al. 2021
Etymology: Ni.tros.a.ci.di.coc’cus. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, full of natron, here intended to mean nitrous; L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. masc. n. coccus, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Nitrosacidicoccus, an acid-loving nitrous sphere
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Nitrosacidicocc-), ni-tros-a-ki-di-KOK-kus
Type species: "Candidatus Nitrosacidicoccus tergens" corrig. Picone et al. 2021
Effective publication:
Picone N, Pol A, Mesman R, van Kessel MAHJ, Cremers G, van Gelder AH, van Alen TA, Jetten MSM, Lucker S, Op den Camp HJM. Ammonia oxidation at pH 2.5 by a new gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. ISME J 2021; 15:1150-1164. 
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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Nitrosacidococcus" Picone et al. 2021 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
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🧕 Picone et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Picone N, Pol A, Mesman R, van Kessel MAHJ, Cremers G, van Gelder AH, van Alen TA, Jetten MSM, Lucker S, Op den Camp HJM. Ammonia oxidation at pH 2.5 by a new gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. ISME J 2021; 15:1150-1164.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Nitrosacidococcus" Picone et al. 2021.
Publication:
Picone N, Pol A, Mesman R, van Kessel MAHJ, Cremers G, van Gelder AH, van Alen TA, Jetten MSM, Lucker S, Op den Camp HJM. Ammonia oxidation at pH 2.5 by a new gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. ISME J 2021; 15:1150-1164.
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🧕 Picone et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005.
Publication:
Picone N, Pol A, Mesman R, van Kessel MAHJ, Cremers G, van Gelder AH, van Alen TA, Jetten MSM, Lucker S, Op den Camp HJM. Ammonia oxidation at pH 2.5 by a new gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. ISME J 2021; 15:1150-1164.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Nitrosacidicoccus tergens" corrig. Picone et al. 2021 not validly published pro-correct name "Candidatus Nitrosacidicoccus urinae" corrig. Faust et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Picone N, Pol A, Mesman R, van Kessel MAHJ, Cremers G, van Gelder AH, van Alen TA, Jetten MSM, Lucker S, Op den Camp HJM. Ammonia oxidation at pH 2.5 by a new gammaproteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. ISME J 2021; 15:1150-1164.
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Record number: 35370
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