Name: Nitratireductor aestuarii Ou et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat, pertaining to the estuary of the Jiulong River, south-east China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡es-tu-A-ri-i, masculine

Type strain: 2-2-12-1; CGMCC 1.15320; LMG 29090

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16S rRNA gene: KU057958 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ou D, Huang H, Bai R, Li Q, Wang Y, Yin Y. Nitratireductor aestuarii sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from an estuary. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1637-1642. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

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: Nitratireductor Labbé et al. 2004

Assigned by: Ou D, Huang H, Bai R, Li Q, Wang Y, Yin Y. Nitratireductor aestuarii sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from an estuary. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1637-1642. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 795431