Name: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.spi’ra. L. neut. n. nitrum, native soda, natron, nitrate; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Nitrospira, nitrate spiral

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Nitrospir-), ni-tro-SPI-ra

Type species: Nitrospira marina Watson et al. 1986

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watson SW, Bock E, Valois FW, Waterbury JB, Schlosser U. Nitrospira marina gen. nov., sp. nov.: a chemolithotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:1-7.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 21. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:489.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Nitrospiria Garrity and Holt 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Nitrospirales" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. Phylum BVIII. Nitrospirae phy. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 451-464.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Nitrospirales Garrity and Holt 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Nitrospirota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the order Geovibriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class "Nitrospiria" Oren et al. 2015. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Göker (2022) assigned this genus to the class Nitrospiria Garrity and Holt 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🧕 Göker (2022) assigned this genus to the order Nitrospirales Garrity and Holt 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Nitrospirota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nitrospiro"; "Nitsospira".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; NCIMB: 3; LMG: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NISP" 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.
  • 🧍 The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 21, published 14 July 1986) [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
  • 🧍 The genus Nitrospira (effective publication Watson et al. 1986, type species: Nitrospira marina) appears also on the Validation List no. 22 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 21, published 14 July 1986) [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 18

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Nitrospira acidotolerans" Kim et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Nitrospira alkalitolerans" Daebeler et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    "Nitrospira allomarina" Mueller et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Nitrospira bockiana" Lebedeva et al. 2008	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Nitrospira calida" Lebedeva et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    "Nitrospira defluvii" Nowka et al. 2015	not validly published	synonym
    "Candidatus Nitrospira defluvii" Spieck et al. 2006	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Nitrospira inopinata" Daims et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Nitrospira japonica" Ushiki et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Nitrospira kreftii" Sakoula et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Nitrospira lenta" Nowka et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    Nitrospira marina Watson et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Nitrospira moscoviensis" Ehrich et al. 1995	not validly published	preferred name
    "Nitrospira neomarina" Mueller et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Nitrospira nitrificans" Van Kessel et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Nitrospira nitrosa" Van Kessel et al. 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Nitrospira salsa" Haaijer et al. 2013	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Nitrospira tepida" Keuter et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.

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