Nitrosymbium

Citation

Formal styling

Nitrosymbium corrig. Glasl et al., 2024 (priority 2026)

Effective publication

Glasl et al., 2024

Corrigendum

In SeqCode Registry from “Nitrosymbion” (sic)

SeqCode status

Valid (SeqCode)

Register List

seqco.de/r:tknyjgi9 (validated)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:33379

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

Inferred stem

Nitrosymbi-

Syllabication

Ni.tro.sym.bi'um

Etymology

N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate; Gr. pref. sym-, together; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Nitrosymbium, nitrate-forming symbiont

Nomenclatural type

Nitrosymbium coscinodermae^Ts

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

nitrite-oxidizing bacteria associated with marine sponges; they gain energy for CO2 fixation via the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate;
belonging to the lineage IVb Nitrospirales (previously referred to as “bin75”); members of this genus are predominantly associated with marine sponges (i.e., Aplysina aerophoba, Coscinoderma matthewsi, Ircinia ramosa, Ircinia sp., and Stylissa flabelliformis). 

Classification

Bacteria » Nitrospirota » Nitrospiria » Nitrospirales » Nitrospiraceae » Nitrosymbium

Parent

Nitrospiraceae

Children (1)

• Nitrosymbium coscinodermae^Ts

Pseudonyms

• Nitrosymbion (Original, corrected name)

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• Wikispecies: Nitrosymbium
• Wikidata: Q138026538

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 16 days ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered

About 2 years ago by Glasl, Bettina

Submitted

28 days ago by Glasl, Bettina

Curators

• St. John, Emily (nomenclature)
• Rodriguez-R, Luis M (genomics)

Endorsed

21 days ago by Rodriguez-R, Luis M

Validated

16 days ago by Rodriguez-R, Luis M

Date of priority

2026-01-30 09:18 PM (UTC)