Name: "Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans" Jetten et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: an.amm.o’xi.dans. N.L. pres. part. anammoxidans, oxidizing ammonia anaerobically

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bro-KA-di-a an-amm-O-xi-dans, feminine

Nomenclatural type: anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacterium

16S rRNA gene: AF375994 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jetten MS, Wagner M, Fuerst J, van Loosdrecht M, Kuenen G, Strous M. Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation ('anammox') process. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2001; 12:283-288. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Brocadia" Jetten et al. 2001. Publication: Jetten MS, Wagner M, Fuerst J, van Loosdrecht M, Kuenen G, Strous M. Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation ('anammox') process. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2001; 12:283-288. 🇳🇱
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧍 See also Egli et al. (2001). Publication: Egli K, Fanger U, Alvarez PJ, Siegrist H, van der Meer JR, Zehnder AJ. Enrichment and characterization of an anammox bacterium from a rotating biological contactor treating ammonium-rich leachate. Arch Microbiol 2001; 175:198-207. 🇨🇭
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Brocadia" Jetten et al. 2001

Assigned by: Jetten MS, Wagner M, Fuerst J, van Loosdrecht M, Kuenen G, Strous M. Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation ('anammox') process. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2001; 12:283-288. 🇳🇱

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