Name: Nitrospina Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ni.tro.spi.na. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate (in compound words); L. fem. n. spina, thorn, spine; N.L. fem. n. Nitrospina, nitrate spine

Gender: feminine (stem: Nitrospin-)

Type species: Nitrospina gracilis Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watson SW, Waterbury JB. Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1971; 77:203-230.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Nitrospinia Lücker et al. 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Nitrospinaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family III. Nitrospinaceae 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. 999.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Nitrospinales" Luecker et al. 2013. Publication: Lucker S, Nowka B, Rattei T, Spieck E, Daims H. The Genome of Nitrospina gracilis Illuminates the Metabolism and Evolution of the Major Marine Nitrite Oxidizer. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:27.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Nitrospinales Lücker et al. 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Nitrospinota Lücker et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Desulfoarculaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class "Nitrospinia" Luecker et al. 2013. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Goeker (2022) assigned this genus to the class Nitrospinia Lücker et al. 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🧕 Goeker (2022) assigned this genus to the order Nitrospinales Lücker et al. 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Nitrospinota Lücker et al. 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Nitiospina"; "Nitraspina"; "Nitroina".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCIMB: 1; ATCC: 1; LMG: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "NISN" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nitrospina gracilis Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Nitrospina watsonii" Spieck et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Nitrospinaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family III. Nitrospinaceae 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. 999.

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