Species Nitrosophilus alvini

Name: Nitrosophilus alvini Shiotani et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: al’vi.ni. N.L. gen. neut. n. alvini, from the name of the HOV Alvin which collected the deep-sea hydrothermal samples harbouring this strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-SO-p^hi-lus AL-wi-ni, masculine

Type strain: EPR55-1; JCM 32893; KCTC 15925

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC469140 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shiotani T, Mino S, Sato W, Nishikawa S, Yonezawa M, Sievert SM, Sawabe T. Nitrosophilus alvini gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the East Pacific Rise, inferred by a genome-based taxonomy of the phylum "Campylobacterota". PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241366. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nitrosophilus Shiotani et al. 2021. Publication: Shiotani T, Mino S, Sato W, Nishikawa S, Yonezawa M, Sievert SM, Sawabe T. Nitrosophilus alvini gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the East Pacific Rise, inferred by a genome-based taxonomy of the phylum "Campylobacterota". PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241366. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Nitrosophilus Shiotani et al. 2021

Assigned by: Shiotani T, Mino S, Sato W, Nishikawa S, Yonezawa M, Sievert SM, Sawabe T. Nitrosophilus alvini gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the East Pacific Rise, inferred by a genome-based taxonomy of the phylum "Campylobacterota". PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241366. 🇯🇵

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