Name: "Candidatus Nitrosomaritimum" Zhao et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Ni.tro.so.ma.ri’ti.mum. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, full of natron, here intended to mean nitrous; L. masc. adj. maritimus, marine; N.L. neut. n. Nitrosomaritimum, a nitrite-producing marine organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Nitrosomaritim-), ni-tro-so-ma-RI-ti-mum

Original publication: Zhao Z, Qin W, Li L, Zhao H, Ju F. Discovery of Candidatus Nitrosomaritimum as a New Genus of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Widespread in Anoxic Saltmarsh Intertidal Aquifers. Environ Sci Technol 2024; 58:16040-16054. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

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: 3

Parent taxon: Nitrosopumilaceae Qin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Zhao Z, Qin W, Li L, Zhao H, Ju F. Discovery of Candidatus Nitrosomaritimum as a New Genus of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Widespread in Anoxic Saltmarsh Intertidal Aquifers. Environ Sci Technol 2024; 58:16040-16054. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 65943
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