Name: "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus adriaticus" Bayer et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: a.dri.a’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. adriaticus, obtained from the Adriatic Sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 32270; NCIMB 15114; NF5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK139955 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bayer B, Vojvoda J, Offre P, Alves RJ, Elisabeth NH, Garcia JA, Volland JM, Srivastava A, Schleper C, Herndl GJ. Physiological and genomic characterization of two novel marine thaumarchaeal strains indicates niche differentiation. ISME J 2016; 10:1051-1063.

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: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Nitrosopumilus adriaticus Bayer et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nitrosopumilus adriaticus Bayer et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus" Könneke et al. 2005

Assigned by: Bayer B, Vojvoda J, Offre P, Alves RJ, Elisabeth NH, Garcia JA, Volland JM, Srivastava A, Schleper C, Herndl GJ. Physiological and genomic characterization of two novel marine thaumarchaeal strains indicates niche differentiation. ISME J 2016; 10:1051-1063.

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Record number: 16393