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

Gender: feminine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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