Name: "Candidatus Nitrospira nitrosa" Van Kessel et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: ni.tro’sa. L. fem. adj. nitrosa, nitrous, the nitrite and nitrate forming Nitrospira

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-SPI-ra ni-TRO-sa, feminine

Nomenclatural type: COMA1

16S rRNA gene: CZQA01000015 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective 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. 🇳🇱

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: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986

Assigned by: 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. 🇳🇱

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Record number: 18127

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