Name: Ottowia Spring et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ot.to’wi.a. N.L. fem. n. Ottowia, named in honour of Johannes C. G. Ottow, who made several contributions to our knowledge of denitrification in soil and activated sludge

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Ottowi-), ot-TO-wi-a

Type species: Ottowia thiooxydans Spring et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Spring S, Jackel U, Wagner M, Kampfer P. Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N2O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:99-106. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Felföldi et al. 2011 Felfoldi T, Keki Z, Sipos R, Marialigeti K, Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Toth EM. Ottowia pentelensis sp. nov., a floc-forming betaproteobacterium isolated from an activated sludge system treating coke plant effluent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2146-2150. 🇭🇺 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Geng et al. 2014 Geng S, Pan XC, Mei R, Wang YN, Sun JQ, Liu XY, Tang YQ, Wu XL. Ottowia shaoguanensis sp. nov., isolated from coking wastewater. Curr Microbiol 2014; 68:324-329. 🇨🇳
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Cao et al. 2014 Cao J, Lai Q, Liu Y, Li G, Shao Z. Ottowia beijingensis sp. nov., isolated from coking wastewater activated sludge, and emended description of the genus Ottowia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:963-967. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02482 (N = 7).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; CGMCC: 4; LMG: 3; MCCC: 2; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 2; CCM: 1; KACC: 1; KCCM: 1; NCAIM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ottowia beijingensis Cao et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia caeni Pang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia cancrivicina Song et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia flava Shi et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia konkukae Yi et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia massiliensis Maaloum et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia oryzae Heo et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia pentelensis Felföldi et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ottowia shaoguanensis" Geng et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    Ottowia testudinis Busse et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ottowia thiooxydans Spring et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Spring S, Jackel U, Wagner M, Kampfer P. Ottowia thiooxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, N2O-producing bacterium isolated from activated sludge, and transfer of Aquaspirillum gracile to Hylemonella gracilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:99-106. 🇩🇪

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