Name: "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum limnae" corrig. Blainey et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: lim’nae. Gr. fem. n. limnê, freshwater; N.L. gen. fem. n. limnae, of freshwater

Gender: neuter

Type strain: SFB1; SFB1-H04-T15-24

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16S rRNA gene: KC357837 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Blainey PC, Mosier AC, Potanina A, Francis CA, Quake SR. Genome of a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon determined by single-cell and metagenomic analysis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16626.

IJSEM list: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum limnium" Jung et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum limnia" Blainey et al. 2011	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum limnium" Jung et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum" corrig. Blainey et al. 2011. Publication: Blainey PC, Mosier AC, Potanina A, Francis CA, Quake SR. Genome of a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon determined by single-cell and metagenomic analysis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16626.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of this Candidatus name has been corrected by Oren (2017). Publication: Oren A. A plea for linguistic accuracy - also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094. Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nitrosarchaeum" corrig. Blainey et al. 2011

Assigned by: Blainey PC, Mosier AC, Potanina A, Francis CA, Quake SR. Genome of a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon determined by single-cell and metagenomic analysis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16626.

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Record number: 800569