Name: "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum" corrig. Blainey et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ni.tros.ar.chae’um. N.L. neut. n. Nitrosarchaeum, an archaeon producing nitrite

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Nitrosarchae-), ni-tros-ar-KHA͡E-um

Type species: "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum limnae" corrig. Blainey et al. 2011

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Blainey PC, Mosier AC, Potanina A, Francis CA, Quake SR. Genome of a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon determined by single-cell and metagenomic analysis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16626. 🇺🇸

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

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nitrosarchaeum Jung et al. 2018

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: 2

Parent taxon: Nitrosopumilaceae Qin et al. 2017

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Jung MY, Islam MA, Gwak JH, Kim JG, Rhee SK. Nitrosarchaeum koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon member of the phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from agricultural soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3084-3095. 🇰🇷

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