Name: Aquipluma nitroreducens Watanabe et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tro.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate (in compound words); L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitroreducens, reducing nitrate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 106262; MeG22; NBRC 112896

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16S rRNA gene: LC276681 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Aquipluma nitroreducens gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6408-6413.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aquipluma Watanabe et al. 2020. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Aquipluma nitroreducens gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6408-6413.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Aquipluma Watanabe et al. 2020

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Aquipluma nitroreducens gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6408-6413.

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Record number: 14552