Name: Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Risk group: 1

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: 15

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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Record number: 516181
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