Nitratifractor

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Nitratifractor

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Nitratifractor Nakagawa et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Nitratifractor salsuginis Nakagawa et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. nitras -atis, nitrate; L. masc. n. fractor, breaker; N.L. masc. n. Nitratifractor, nitrate-breaker (-reducer).
Reference: NAKAGAWA (S.), TAKAI (K.), INAGAKI (F.), HORIKOSHI (K.) and SAKO (Y.): Nitratiruptor tergarcus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nitratifractor salsuginis gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 925-933.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Nitratifractor salsuginis Nakagawa et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain E9I37-1 = DSM 16511 = JCM 12458.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP002452 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. gen. n. salsuginis, of brine.
Reference: NAKAGAWA (S.), TAKAI (K.), INAGAKI (F.), HORIKOSHI (K.) and SAKO (Y.): Nitratiruptor tergarcus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Nitratifractor salsuginis gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophs of the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal system in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 925-933.
Original article in IJSEM Online