Name: Thiohalomonas nitratireducens Sorokin et al. 2007

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, converting to a different state; N.L. fem. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16925; HRhD 3sp; UNIQEM U248

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16S rRNA gene: DQ836238 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Braker G, Muyzer G. Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1582-1589.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thiohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Braker G, Muyzer G. Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1582-1589.

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Record number: 782741