Name: "Alcaligenes ammonioxydans" Wu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.mo.ni.o’xy.dans. N.L. fem. n. ammonia, ammonia; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. ammonioxydans, oxidizing ammonia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-LI-ge-nes am-mo-ni-O-xy-dans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.16549; HO-1

16S rRNA gene: MN636701 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Wu MR, Hou TT, Liu Y, Miao LL, Ai GM, Ma L, Zhu HZ, Zhu YX, Gao XY, Herbold CW, et al. Novel Alcaligenes ammonioxydans sp. nov. from wastewater treatment sludge oxidizes ammonia to N2 with a previously unknown pathway. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:6965-6980. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wu MR, Hou TT, Liu Y, Miao LL, Ai GM, Ma L, Zhu HZ, Zhu YX, Gao XY, Herbold CW, et al. Novel Alcaligenes ammonioxydans sp. nov. from wastewater treatment sludge oxidizes ammonia to N2 with a previously unknown pathway. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:6965-6980. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 24127

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