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

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: pi.ra.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. piranensis, obtained off the Piran coast

Pronunciation, gender: pi-ra-NEN-sis, masculine

Nomenclatural type: D3C; DSM 106147; JCM 32271; NCIMB 15115

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK139956 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nitrosopumilus piranensis Bayer et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus piranensis" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus".

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: 16543