Etymology:
Ni.tro.so.mo’nas. L. masc. adj.nitrosus, full of natron, here intended to mean nitrous; L. fem. n.monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n.Nitrosomonas, nitrite monad, i.e., the monad producing nitrite
Effective publication:
Winogradsky S. Contributions à la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arkhiv Biologicheskikh Nauk (St. Petersbourg) 1892; 1:87-137.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP, conserved name
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
1
Emendations:
Koops et al. 1991
Koops HP, Böttcher B, Möller UC, Pommerening-Röser A, Stehr G. Classification of eight new species of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: Nitrosomonas communis sp. nov., Nitrosomonas ureae sp. nov., Nitrosomonas aestuarii sp. nov., Nitrosomonas marina sp. nov., Nitrosomonas nitrosa sp. nov., Nitrosomonas eutropha sp. nov., Nitrosomonas oligotropha sp. nov. and Nitrosomonas halophila sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1991; 137:1689-1699. Notes:
🧍 As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Nitrosomonadaceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Nitrosomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 864.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order V. Nitrosomonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 863.
🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae".Publication:
Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae".Publication:
Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order V. Nitrosomonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 863.
🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
🧕 Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe "Nitrobactereae".Publication:
Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nitmsomonas"; "Nitorosomonas"; "Nitroeomonas"; "Nitromonas"; "Nitrosomo"; "Nitrosomona"; "Nitrsomonas"; "Nitrusomonas"; "Nrlrosomonas"; "Nrtrosomonas".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 1; NCIMB: 1.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NOMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
🧍 Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 23). The counterparts of this name, Nitromonas Winogradsky 1890 and Nitromonas Orla-Jensen 1909, were also rejected. Later revisions of the Code make no direct connection between conservation of a name and rejection of its counterpart.Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 23. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1958; 8:169-170.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3 Total number of child taxa: 14
Assigned by:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Nitrosomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 864.
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