Species Nitrobacter vulgaris

Name: Nitrobacter vulgaris Bock et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: vul.ga’ris. L. masc. adj. vulgaris, usual, common

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-BAK-ter wul-GA-ris, masculine

Type strain: DSM 10236; NCIMB 13808; Z

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Effective publication: Bock E, Koops HP, Möller UC, Rudert M. A new facultatively nitrite oxidizing bacterium, Nitrobacter vulgaris sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:105-110. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 78. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, Nitrobacter vulgaris Bock et al. 2001 is not validly published because, at the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries [1]. In a Request for an Opinion, Euzéby and Tindall provide a solution whereby this name may be considered to be validly published [2]. Publication: De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The type strain DSM 10236 has been designated by E. Spieck in a personal communication to the Associate Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 78. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1-2.

Parent taxon: Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bock E, Koops HP, Möller UC, Rudert M. A new facultatively nitrite oxidizing bacterium, Nitrobacter vulgaris sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:105-110. 🇩🇪

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