Name: Nautilia nitratireducens Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. fem. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-tra-ti-re-DU-kens, feminine

Type strain: DSM 22087; EPR-MB1; JCM 15746; MB-1

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16S rRNA gene: FJ532475 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Perez-Rodriguez I, Ricci J, Voordeckers JW, Starovoytov V, Vetriani C. Nautilia nitratireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, chemosynthetic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1182-1186. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nautilia Miroshnichenko et al. 2002

Assigned by: Perez-Rodriguez I, Ricci J, Voordeckers JW, Starovoytov V, Vetriani C. Nautilia nitratireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, chemosynthetic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1182-1186. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 788520