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

Pronunciation, gender: de-wa-ni-TER-ra͡e, feminine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 110862; NCIMB 15248; Nd1

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16S rRNA gene: JN227488 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nitrosotalea devaniterrae Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nitrosotalea devaniterrae Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "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.
  • ❗ "Candidatus Nitrosotalea devaniterrae" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus "Candidatus Nitrosotalea".
  • 🧍 This species was confirmed as the type species of its monotypic genus in Appendix 1 of Candidatus List No. 6.
  • 🧍 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