Name: "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus salarius" corrig. Mosier et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: sa.la’ri.us. L. masc. adj. salarius, of salt

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BD31

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16S rRNA gene: AEXL02000090 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Mosier AC, Allen EE, Kim M, Ferriera S, Francis CA. Genome sequence of "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus salaria" BD31, an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the San Francisco Bay estuary. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:2121-2122.

IJSEM list: Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus salaria" Mosier et al. 2012	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧍 See also Qin et al. (2017). 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.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of this Candidatus name has been corrected by Oren (2017). Publication: Oren A. A plea for linguistic accuracy - also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094. Oren A. "Candidatus list no. 0." A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1085-1094.

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

Assigned by: Mosier AC, Allen EE, Kim M, Ferriera S, Francis CA. Genome sequence of "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus salaria" BD31, an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the San Francisco Bay estuary. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:2121-2122.

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Record number: 800574