Name: "Nitrospina watsonii" Spieck et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wat.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. watsonii, named after Stanley Watson, a microbiologist who devoted his scientific life to nitrifying bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-SPI-na wat-SO-ni-i, feminine

Nomenclatural type: 347; LMG 27401; NCIMB 14887

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Original publication: Spieck E, Keuter S, Wenzel T, Bock E, Ludwig W. Characterization of a new marine nitrite oxidizing bacterium, Nitrospina watsonii sp. nov., a member of the newly proposed phylum "Nitrospinae". Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:170-176. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nitrospina Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Spieck E, Keuter S, Wenzel T, Bock E, Ludwig W. Characterization of a new marine nitrite oxidizing bacterium, Nitrospina watsonii sp. nov., a member of the newly proposed phylum "Nitrospinae". Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:170-176. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 2199