Name: Nitrosospira tenuis (ex Harms et al. 1976) Head et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: te’nu.is. L. masc./fem. adj. tenuis, fine, thin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Nv-1

16S rRNA gene: AJ298746 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Head IM, Hiorns WD, Embley TM, McCarthy AJ, Saunders JR. The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. J Gen Microbiol 1993; 139:1147-1153.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 54. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:619-620.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Nitrosovibrio tenuis". Publication: Harms H, Koops HP, Wehrmann H. An ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosovibrio tenuis nov. gen. nov. sp. Arch Microbiol 1976; 108:105-111.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 54, Nitrosospira tenuis is erroneously proposed as a new combination. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

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

Assigned by: Head IM, Hiorns WD, Embley TM, McCarthy AJ, Saunders JR. The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. J Gen Microbiol 1993; 139:1147-1153.

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