Name: Nitrosopumilus zosterae Nakagawa et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zos’te.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. zosterae, of the eelgrass Zostera

Pronunciation, gender: ZOS-te-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-147; NBRC 111181; NM25

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16S rRNA gene: LC571517 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakagawa T, Koji M, Hosoyama A, Yamazoe A, Tsuchiya Y, Ueda S, Takahashi R, Stahl DA. Nitrosopumilus zosterae sp. nov., an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from coastal eelgrass sediments of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4961.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Nitrosopumilus Qin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Nakagawa T, Koji M, Hosoyama A, Yamazoe A, Tsuchiya Y, Ueda S, Takahashi R, Stahl DA. Nitrosopumilus zosterae sp. nov., an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of phylum Thaumarchaeota isolated from coastal eelgrass sediments of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4961.

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Record number: 20404