Name: Thioclava nitratireducens Liu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and (in chemistry) converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducens, nitrate-reducing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 25B10_4; LMG 29614; MCCC 1A07302

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX618935 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Thioclava nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2109-2113.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Thioclava Sorokin et al. 2005

Assigned by: Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Thioclava nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2109-2113.

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