Name: "Candidatus Nitrospira inopinata" Daims et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: in.o.pi.na’ta. L. fem. adj. inopinata, unexpected, surprising

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ENR4

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16S rRNA gene: LN885086 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Daims H, Lebedeva EV, Pjevac P, Han P, Herbold C, Albertsen M, Jehmlich N, Palatinszky M, Vierheilig J, Bulaev A, et al. Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria. Nature 2015; 528:504-509.

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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 See also Van Kessel et al. (2015). Publication: van Kessel MA, Speth DR, Albertsen M, Nielsen PH, Op den Camp HJ, Kartal B, Jetten MS, Lucker S. Complete nitrification by a single microorganism. Nature 2015; 528:555-559.

Parent taxon: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986

Assigned by: Daims H, Lebedeva EV, Pjevac P, Han P, Herbold C, Albertsen M, Jehmlich N, Palatinszky M, Vierheilig J, Bulaev A, et al. Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria. Nature 2015; 528:504-509.

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Record number: 18121