Nitrococcus

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

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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").

Nitrococcus Watson and Waterbury 1971, genus.
Type species: ¤ Nitrococcus mobilis Watson and Waterbury 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. nitrum, native soda, natron, nitrate; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus, sphere; N.L. masc. n. Nitrococcus, nitrate sphere.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [WATSON (S.W.) and WATERBURY (J.B.): Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp. Archiv fur Mikrobiologie, 1971, 77, 203-230.]

Nitrococcus mobilis Watson and Waterbury 1971, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 25380 = CIP 104751.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: HM038001.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. mobilis, movable, motile.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [WATSON (S.W.) and WATERBURY (J.B.): Characteristics of two marine nitrite oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospina gracilis nov. gen. nov. sp. and Nitrococcus mobilis nov. gen. nov. sp. Archiv fur Mikrobiologie, 1971, 77, 203-230.]