Name: "Micrococcus nitrosus" Migula 1900

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tro’sus. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, full of nitron

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KOK-kus ni-TRO-sus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated

Original publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nitrosococcus nitrosus (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Parent taxon: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

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Record number: 4340

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