Name: Nitrosomonas supralitoralis Urakawa et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.pra.li.to.ra’lis. L. prep. supra, above; L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, of the seashore; N.L. fem. adj. supralitoralis, of the supralittoral zone

Pronunciation, gender: su-pra-li-to-RA-lis, feminine

Type strain: A PG5; ATCC TSD-116; NCIMB 14870

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16S rRNA gene: ON391671 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Urakawa H, Andrews GA, Lopez JV, Martens-Habbena W, Klotz MG, Stahl DA. Nitrosomonas supralitoralis sp. nov., an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from beach sand in a supralittoral zone. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:560.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Urakawa H, Andrews GA, Lopez JV, Martens-Habbena W, Klotz MG, Stahl DA. Nitrosomonas supralitoralis sp. nov., an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from beach sand in a supralittoral zone. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:560.

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Record number: 38824