Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1992

Name

Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Campbell et al. 2011

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Nitrosomonadaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Members

species	Nitrosomonas europaea Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Nitrosomonas aestuarii Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas communis Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas eutropha Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas halophila Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas marina Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas mobilis Garrity et al. 2007
species	Nitrosomonas nitrosa Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas oligotropha Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas stercoris Nakagawa and Takahashi 2017
species	Nitrosomonas ureae Koops et al. 1991
species	Nitrosomonas sp. None 2015

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
order Nitrosomonadales Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017
family Nitrosomonadaceae Garrity et al. 2006
genus Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Campbell et al. 2011

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Campbell et al. 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1992.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1992.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 25, 2020.

References

Koops HP, Böttcher B, Möller UC, Pommerening-Röser A, Stehr G. Classification of eight new species of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: Nitrosomonas communis sp. nov., Nitrosomonas ureae sp. nov., Nitrosomonas aestuarii sp. nov., Nitrosomonas marina sp. nov., Nitrosomonas nitrosa sp. nov., Nitrosomonas eutropha sp. nov., Nitrosomonas oligotropha sp. nov. and Nitrosomonas halophila sp. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1991; 137:1689-1699.
Garrity GM, Lilburn TG, Cole JR, Harrison SH, Euzeby J, Tindall BJ. Part 4-The Bacteria: Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Betaproteobacteria. The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea Release 7.7, Michigan State University Board of Trustees, 2007, p. 112-147.
Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR. Order I. Pseudomonadales Orla-Jensen, 1921. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Seventh Edition, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 35-261.
Nakagawa T, Takahashi R. Nitrosomonas stercoris sp. nov., a Chemoautotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Tolerant of High Ammonium Isolated from Composted Cattle Manure. Microbes Environ. 2015; 30:221-227. https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME15072 [PubMed].
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Nitrosomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Garrity GM, Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 2, Part C, Springer, New York, 2005, p. 864.
Winogradsky S. Contributions à la morphologie des organismes de la nitrification. Arkhiv Biologicheskikh Nauk, St Petersbourg 1892; 1:87-137.
No reference is available 2015