Name: "Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes" Qin et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.bal.a.mi.ni’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. cobalaminum, cobalamin; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to make, to produce; N.L. part. adj. cobalaminigenes, cobalamin producing, referring to the high cobalamin cell quotas of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-96; HCA1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX950757 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Qin W, Heal KR, Ramdasi R, Kobelt JN, Martens-Habbena W, Bertagnolli AD, Amin SA, Walker CB, Urakawa H, Konneke M, et al. Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5067-5079.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: Nitrosopumilus Qin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Qin W, Heal KR, Ramdasi R, Kobelt JN, Martens-Habbena W, Bertagnolli AD, Amin SA, Walker CB, Urakawa H, Konneke M, et al. Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5067-5079.

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Record number: 2773