Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.2007

Name

Nitrosospira multiformis (Watson et al. 1971) Head et al. 1995

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	Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Head et al. 1993

Type Strain

representative organism

C-71^T (=ATCC 25196)

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 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 Nitrosospira Winogradsky and Winogradsky 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Head et al. 1993
species Nitrosospira multiformis (Watson et al. 1971) Head et al. 1995

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 Nitrosospira multiformis (Watson et al. 1971) Head et al. 1995. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.2007.

Source File

10.1601/tx.2007.xml

References

Head IM, Hiorns WD, Embley TM, McCarthy AJ, Saunders JR. The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. J Gen Microbiol 1993; 139:1147-1153. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-139-6-1147 [PubMed].