Anoxypelagibacter denitrificans gen. nov. sp. nov.
Submitted by Tsementzi, Despina
Genus Anoxypelagibacter
- Etymology
- [An.o.xy.pe.la.gi.bac'ter] Gr. pref. an-, without; Gr. masc. adj. oxys, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; L. neut. n. pelagus, the open sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Anoxypelagibacter, a rod from oxygen-depleted areas in the ocean
- Nomenclatural type
- Species Anoxypelagibacter denitrificansTs
- Description
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We propose to name SAR11 subclade IIa.A members as Anoxypelagibacter, due to their abundance in ocean oxygen minimum zones where oxygen is below detection levels. The type species is Anoxypelagibacter denitrificans.
- Classification
- Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Alphaproteobacteria » Pelagibacterales » Pelagibacteraceae » Anoxypelagibacter
- References
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Effective publication:
Ruiz-Perez et al., 2021 [1]
Corrigendum: Oren, 2022 [2] (from “Anoxipelagibacter”)
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:51492
Species Anoxypelagibacter denitrificansTs
- Etymology
- [de.ni.tri.fi'cans] N.L. masc. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying
- Nomenclatural type
- NCBI Assembly: GCA_017640265.1 Ts
- Description
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Anoxypelagibacter denitrificans, named because of its capacity to use nitrate as an electron acceptor, which is a trait not present in its closest named surface relative Pelagibacter ubiqueversans. In general, A. denitrificans exhibits small rod-shaped cells of approximately 1 × 0.2 m. The genome size is predicted to be approximately 1.2 Mbp with a G + C% content of approximately 30%. The designated type material is MAG_ENTP2013_S02_SV82_300m_MAG_01 and its genome sequence can be found under NCBI BioSample accession number SAMN15305928.
- Classification
- Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Alphaproteobacteria » Pelagibacterales » Pelagibacteraceae » Anoxypelagibacter » Anoxypelagibacter denitrificansTs
- References
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Effective publication:
Ruiz-Perez et al., 2021 [1]
Corrigendum: Oren, 2022 [2] (from “Anoxipelagibacter denitrificans”)
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:592
References
- Ruiz-Perez et al. (2021). Description of Candidatus Mesopelagibacter carboxydoxydans and Candidatus Anoxipelagibacter denitrificans: Nitrate-reducing SAR11 genera that dominate mesopelagic and anoxic marine zones. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. DOI:10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126185
- Oren (2022). Candidatus List No. 4: Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.005545
Register List Certificate of Validation
On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:jh3r30a6 submitted by Tsementzi, Despina and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.
Date of Priority:
2025-09-03 09:24 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:jh3r30a6
