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Genus "Candidatus Nitrosoglobus"
Name: "Candidatus Nitrosoglobus" Hayatsu et al. 2017
Etymology: Ni.tro.so’glo.bus. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, full of natron, here intended to mean nitrous; L. masc. n. globus, a ball; N.L. masc. n. Nitrosoglobus, the globus producing nitrite
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Nitrosoglob-), ni-tro-SO-glo-bus
Type species: "Candidatus Nitrosoglobus terrae" Hayatsu et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Hayatsu M, Tago K, Uchiyama I, Toyoda A, Wang Y, Shimomura Y, Okubo T, Kurisu F, Hirono Y, Nonaka K, et al. An acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing gamma-proteobacterium from soil. ISME J 2017; 11:1130-1141. 
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: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Nitrosococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Nitrosococcaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Nitrosoglobus terrae" Hayatsu et al. 2017 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Hayatsu M, Tago K, Uchiyama I, Toyoda A, Wang Y, Shimomura Y, Okubo T, Kurisu F, Hirono Y, Nonaka K, et al. An acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing gamma-proteobacterium from soil. ISME J 2017; 11:1130-1141.
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Record number: 9235
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