Name: "Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus brevis" Santoro et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: bre’vis. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CN 25

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP007026 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Santoro AE, Dupont CL, Richter RA, Craig MT, Carini P, McIlvin MR, Yang Y, Orsi WD, Moran DM, Saito MA. Genomic and proteomic characterization of "Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus brevis": an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the open ocean. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:1173-1178.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus" Santoro et al. 2015. Publication: Santoro AE, Dupont CL, Richter RA, Craig MT, Carini P, McIlvin MR, Yang Y, Orsi WD, Moran DM, Saito MA. Genomic and proteomic characterization of "Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus brevis": an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the open ocean. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:1173-1178.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus" Santoro et al. 2015

Assigned by: Santoro AE, Dupont CL, Richter RA, Craig MT, Carini P, McIlvin MR, Yang Y, Orsi WD, Moran DM, Saito MA. Genomic and proteomic characterization of "Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus brevis": an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the open ocean. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:1173-1178.

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