Name: Nitrospira marina Watson et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43039

Effective publication: Watson SW, Bock E, Valois FW, Waterbury JB, Schlosser U. Nitrospira marina gen. nov., sp. nov.: a chemolithotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:1-7.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 21. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:489.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986. Publication: Watson SW, Bock E, Valois FW, Waterbury JB, Schlosser U. Nitrospira marina gen. nov., sp. nov.: a chemolithotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:1-7.
  • 😷 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 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Not available in ATCC.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 The species Nitrospira marina (effective publication Watson et al. 1986, type strain: strain ATCC 43039) appears also on the Validation List no. 22 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 21, published 14 July 1986) [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.
  • 🧍 The strain ATCC 43039 does not appear in the ATCC catalog. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986

Assigned by: Watson SW, Bock E, Valois FW, Waterbury JB, Schlosser U. Nitrospira marina gen. nov., sp. nov.: a chemolithotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:1-7.

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