Name: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986
Etymology: Ni.tro.spi’ra. L. neut. n. nitrum, native soda, natron, nitrate; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Nitrospira, nitrate spiral
Gender: feminine (stem: Nitrospir-)
Type species: Nitrospira marina Watson et al. 1986
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Watson SW, Bock E, Valois FW, Waterbury JB, Schlosser U. Nitrospira marina gen. nov., sp. nov.: a chemolithotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 144:1-7.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 21. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:489.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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: 15
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Candidatus Nitrospira alkalitolerans" Daebeler et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Nitrospira bockiana" Lebedeva et al. 2008 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Nitrospira calida" Lebedeva et al. 2011 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Nitrospira defluvii" Spieck et al. 2006 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
"Nitrospira defluvii" Nowka et al. 2015 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Nitrospira inopinata" Daims et al. 2015 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Nitrospira japonica" Ushiki et al. 2013 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Nitrospira kreftii" Sakoula et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Nitrospira lenta" Nowka et al. 2015 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Nitrospira marina Watson et al. 1986 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Nitrospira moscoviensis" Ehrich et al. 1995 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Nitrospira nitrificans" Van Kessel et al. 2015 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Nitrospira nitrosa" Van Kessel et al. 2015 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Nitrospira salsa" Haaijer et al. 2013 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Nitrospira tepida" Keuter et al. 2023 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: Nitrospiraceae Garrity and Holt 2022
Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
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