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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Nitrosococcus mobilis"

Name: "Nitrosococcus mobilis" Koops et al. 1976

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Pronunciation, gender: MO-bi-lis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Hamburg

Original publication: Koops HP, Harms H, Wehrmann H. Isolation of a moderate halophilic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosococcus mobilis nov. sp. Arch Microbiol 1976; 107:277-282.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Koops HP, Harms H, Wehrmann H. Isolation of a moderate halophilic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosococcus mobilis nov. sp. Arch Microbiol 1976; 107:277-282.

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Record number: 3160
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