Name: Nitrosomonas stercoris Nakagawa and Takahashi 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster’co.ris. L. neut. n. stercus, manure; L. gen. neut. n. stercoris, of manure, referring to the source of the isolate

Pronunciation, gender: STER-ko-ris, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2718; KYUHI-S; NBRC 110753

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16S rRNA gene: AB900133 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nakagawa T, Takahashi R. Nitrosomonas stercoris sp. nov., a Chemoautotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Tolerant of High Ammonium Isolated from Composted Cattle Manure. Microbes Environ 2015; 30:221-227.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nakagawa T, Takahashi R. Nitrosomonas stercoris sp. nov., a Chemoautotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Tolerant of High Ammonium Isolated from Composted Cattle Manure. Microbes Environ 2015; 30:221-227.

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Record number: 795007