Name: Celerinatantimonas diazotrophica Cramer et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.a.zo.tro’phi.ca. Gr. adv. dis, twice, doubly; N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; N.L. pref. diazo-, pertaining to dinitrogen (in compound words); N.L. fem. adj. trophica, nursing, tending; from Gr. fem. adj. trophikê; N.L. fem. adj. diazotrophica, growing on dinitrogen

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1368; DSM 18577; S-G2-2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ913890 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cramer MJ, Haghshenas N, Bagwell CE, Matsui GY, Lovell CR. Celerinatantimonas diazotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium representing a new family in the Gammaproteobacteria, Celerinatantimonadaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1053-1060.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Celerinatantimonas Cramer et al. 2011. Publication: Cramer MJ, Haghshenas N, Bagwell CE, Matsui GY, Lovell CR. Celerinatantimonas diazotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium representing a new family in the Gammaproteobacteria, Celerinatantimonadaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1053-1060.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Celerinatantimonas Cramer et al. 2011

Assigned by: Cramer MJ, Haghshenas N, Bagwell CE, Matsui GY, Lovell CR. Celerinatantimonas diazotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium representing a new family in the Gammaproteobacteria, Celerinatantimonadaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1053-1060.

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