Name: Nitrosopumilus adriaticus Bayer et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.dri.a’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. adriaticus, from the Adriatic Sea, describing the location the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 32270; NCIMB 15114; NF5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK139955 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bayer B, Vojvoda J, Reinthaler T, Reyes C, Pinto M, Herndl GJ. Nitrosopumilus adriaticus sp. nov. and Nitrosopumilus piranensis sp. nov., two ammonia-oxidizing archaea from the Adriatic Sea and members of the class Nitrososphaeria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1892-1902.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus adriaticus" Bayer et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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

Parent taxon: Nitrosopumilus Qin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Bayer B, Vojvoda J, Reinthaler T, Reyes C, Pinto M, Herndl GJ. Nitrosopumilus adriaticus sp. nov. and Nitrosopumilus piranensis sp. nov., two ammonia-oxidizing archaea from the Adriatic Sea and members of the class Nitrososphaeria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1892-1902.

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Record number: 800297