Name: "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum" Blainey et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Type species: "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum limnia" Blainey et al. 2011

Original 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. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum" corrig. Blainey et al. 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum" corrig. Blainey et al. 2011	corrected spelling of name, not validly published
    Nitrosarchaeum Jung et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Qin et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Nitrosopumilaceae Qin et al. 2017. Publication: Qin W, Heal KR, Ramdasi R, Kobelt JN, Martens-Habbena W, Bertagnolli AD, Amin SA, Walker CB, Urakawa H, Konneke M, et al. Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5067-5079.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum koreensis" Kim et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum limnia" Blainey et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Nitrosopumilaceae Qin et al. 2017

Assigned by: 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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