Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2109

Names

Nitrosococcus oceanus (sic) (Watson 1965) Watson 1971 (Approved Lists 1980), Nitrosococcus oceani corrig. (Watson 1965) Watson 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Wang et al. 2016

Type Strain

representative organism

C-107^T (=ATCC 19707 =NCIMB 11848 =BCRC 17464 =JCM 30415)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species 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 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013
order Chromatiales Imhoff 2005
family Chromatiaceae Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017
genus Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Wang et al. 2016
species Nitrosococcus oceanus (sic) (Watson 1965) Watson 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

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 species Nitrosococcus oceanus (sic) (Watson 1965) Watson 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) and Nitrosococcus oceani corrig. (Watson 1965) Watson 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2109.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2109.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 25, 2020.

References

Watson SW. Taxonomic considerations of the family Nitrobacteriaceae Buchanan. Requests for opinions. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:254-270. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-3-254.