Name: Nitrosospira briensis Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bri.en’sis. French Brie, place name; N.L. masc./fem. adj. briensis, of Brie

Gender: feminine

Type strain: no culture available

Effective publication: Winogradsky S, Winogradsky H. Études sur la microbiologie du sol. VII. Nouvelles recherches sur les organismes de la nitrification. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1933; 50:350-434.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Watson 1971 Watson SW. Taxonomic considerations of the family Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan. Requests for opinions. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1971; 21:254-270.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winogradsky S, Winogradsky H. Études sur la microbiologie du sol. VII. Nouvelles recherches sur les organismes de la nitrification. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1933; 50:350-434.
  • According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • Although ATCC 25971 was proposed as neotype for Nitrosospira briensis in 1971 [4], the Approved Lists 1980 [3] cite the type strain as "no culture available", hence leaving this species without a designated type strain. Since the Approved Lists, no neotype strain has been proposed in the IJSB/IJSEM, in accordance with the Rule 18c. A specific reaction to this Request for an Opinion was not found. Publication: Watson SW, Bock E, Harms H, Koops HP, Hooper AB. Genus VII. Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933, 406AL. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 1830-1831.
  • In 1980, only Nitrosospira briensis was recognized in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names [3]. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Winogradsky S, Winogradsky H. Études sur la microbiologie du sol. VII. Nouvelles recherches sur les organismes de la nitrification. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1933; 50:350-434.

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