Name: Nitrosococcus nitrosus (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus nitrosus" Migula 1900

Etymology: ni.tro’sus. L. masc. adj. nitrosus, full of natron, nitrous

Pronunciation, gender: ni-TRO-sus, masculine

Type strain: no culture isolated

Effective publication: Buchanan RE. General Systematic Bacteriology. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1925.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, lectotype

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Micrococcus nitrosus" Migula 1900	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Watson 1971 Watson SW. Taxonomic considerations of the family Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan. Requests for opinions. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:254-270.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winogradsky S. Contributions à la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arkhiv Biologicheskikh Nauk (St. Petersbourg) 1892; 1:87-137.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Buchanan RE. General Systematic Bacteriology. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1925.

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Record number: 784478