Name: Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.so.mo’nas. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, full of natron, here intended to mean nitrous; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Nitrosomonas, nitrite monad, i.e., the monad producing nitrite

Gender: feminine (stem: Nitrosomonad-)

Type species: Nitrosomonas europaea Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Winogradsky S. Contributions à la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arkhiv Biologicheskikh Nauk (St. Petersbourg) 1892; 1:87-137.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Koops et al. 1991 Koops HP, Böttcher B, Möller UC, Pommerening-Röser A, Stehr G. Classification of eight new species of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: Nitrosomonas communis sp. nov., Nitrosomonas ureae sp. nov., Nitrosomonas aestuarii sp. nov., Nitrosomonas marina sp. nov., Nitrosomonas nitrosa sp. nov., Nitrosomonas eutropha sp. nov., Nitrosomonas oligotropha sp. nov. and Nitrosomonas halophila sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1991; 137:1689-1699.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Nitrosomonadaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Nitrosomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 864.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order V. Nitrosomonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 863.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobacterieae". Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • Orla-Jensen (1921) assigned this genus to the order Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen 1921 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae". Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Nitmsomonas"; "Nitorosomonas"; "Nitroeomonas"; "Nitromonas"; "Nitrosomo"; "Nitrosomona"; "Nitrsomonas"; "Nitrusomonas"; "Nrlrosomonas"; "Nrtrosomonas".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 1; NCIMB: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NOMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 23). The counterparts of this name, Nitromonas Winogradsky 1890 and Nitromonas Orla-Jensen 1909, were also rejected. Later revisions of the Code make no direct connection between conservation of a name and rejection of its counterpart. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 23. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1958; 8:169-170.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Nitrosomonas aestuarii" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas communis" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas cryotolerans" Jones et al. 1988	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Nitrosomonas europaea Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Nitrosomonas eutropha" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas halophila" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas javanensis" Winogradsky 1892	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas marina" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas mobilis" Garrity et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas nitrosa" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas oligotropha" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Nitrosomonas stercoris Nakagawa and Takahashi 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Nitrosomonas supralitoralis" Urakawa et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Nitrosomonas ureae" Koops et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nitrosomonadaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Nitrosomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 864.

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