Name: "Candidatus Nitrosotalea devaniterrae" corrig. Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: de.va.ni.ter’rae. L. fem. n. Devana, the Roman name for Aberdeen; L. fem. n. terra, soil; N.L. gen. fem. n. devaniterrae, of soil from Aberdeen

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Nd1

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16S rRNA gene: JN227488 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lehtovirta-Morley LE, Stoecker K, Vilcinskas A, Prosser JI, Nicol GW. Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:15892-15897.

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 Nitrosotalea devanaterra" Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2011	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Nitrosotalea" Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2011. Publication: Lehtovirta-Morley LE, Stoecker K, Vilcinskas A, Prosser JI, Nicol GW. Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:15892-15897.
  • 🧍 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 Nitrosotalea" Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2011

Assigned by: Lehtovirta-Morley LE, Stoecker K, Vilcinskas A, Prosser JI, Nicol GW. Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:15892-15897.

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Record number: 800577