Name: Nitrosarchaeum koreense Jung et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.re.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. koreense, from South Korea where the type strain was isolated and characterized

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JCM 31640; KCTC 4249; MY1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ331116 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jung MY, Islam MA, Gwak JH, Kim JG, Rhee SK. Nitrosarchaeum koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon member of the phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from agricultural soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3084-3095.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum koreensis" Kim et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum koreense" corrig. Kim et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nitrosarchaeum Jung et al. 2018. Publication: Jung MY, Islam MA, Gwak JH, Kim JG, Rhee SK. Nitrosarchaeum koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon member of the phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from agricultural soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3084-3095.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Nitrosarchaeum Jung et al. 2018

Assigned by: Jung MY, Islam MA, Gwak JH, Kim JG, Rhee SK. Nitrosarchaeum koreense gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic, ammonia-oxidizing archaeon member of the phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from agricultural soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3084-3095.

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