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Register List https://seqco.de/r:yj2wcqod [2025]

Register list for 7 new names including Phosphoribacter hoenirii sp. nov.

Submitted by Nielsen, Per H.

Species Azonexus amarohabitans

Etymology
[a.ma.ro.ha'bi.tans] G. fem. n. amara, trench, conduit, channel, here, a sewage conduit; ; L. part. adj. habitans, inhabitant; N.L. masc. adj. amarohabitans, pertaining to the habitat where the MAG was sequenced from
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016709965.1 Ts
Description
 The MAG representative for this species was isolated from activated sludge, wastewater treatment plant located in Esbjerg West, Denmark 

Classification
Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Betaproteobacteria » Rhodocyclales » Azonexaceae » Azonexus » Azonexus amarohabitans
References
Effective publication: Kondrotaite et al., 2025 [1]

Species Azonexus defluvii

Etymology
[de.flu'vi.i] L. masc. gen. n. defluvii, of wastewater
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016709495.1 Ts
Description
The MAG representative for this species was isolated from activated sludge, wastewater treatment plant located in Esbjerg West, Denmark
Classification
Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Betaproteobacteria » Rhodocyclales » Azonexaceae » Azonexus » Azonexus defluvii
References
Effective publication: Kondrotaite et al., 2025 [1]

Species Azonexus phosphoriphilus

Etymology
[phos.pho.ri.phi'lus] N.L. masc. n. phosphorus, phosphorus; G. masc. n. philos, lover; N.L. masc. adj. phosphoriphilus, indicating the ability to uptake phosphorus
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016714975.1 Ts
Description
 The MAG representative for this species was isolated from activated sludge, wastewater treatment plant located in Odense, Denmark. Based on metabolic annotations, this species are close related to the other two species from Azonexus genera with the ability to accumulate polyphosphate.
Classification
Bacteria » Pseudomonadota » Betaproteobacteria » Rhodocyclales » Azonexaceae » Azonexus » Azonexus phosphoriphilus
References
Effective publication: Kondrotaite et al., 2025 [1]

Species Phosphoribacter freyrii

Etymology
[fre'y.ri.i] N.L. gen. n. freyrii, freyrii of Freyr, Norse god of fertility
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016710385.1 Ts
Description
 The MAG representative for this species was isolated from activated sludge, wastewater treatment plant located in Hjorring, Denmark
Classification
Bacteria » Actinomycetota » Actinomycetes » Micrococcales » Dermatophilaceae » Phosphoribacter » Phosphoribacter freyrii
References
Effective publication: Kondrotaite et al., 2025 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Singleton et al., 2022 [2]

Species Phosphoribacter hoenirii

Etymology
[ho'e.ni.ri'i] N.L. gen. n. hoenirii, hoenirii of Hoenir, Norse god of silence
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_963851545.1 Ts
Description
The MAG representative for this species was isolated from activated sludge, wastewater treatment plant located in Aalborg West, Denmark. Based on metabolic annotation, the species show similar metabolic potential to its close relatives Phosphoribacter baldrii and hodrii
Classification
Bacteria » Actinomycetota » Actinomycetes » Micrococcales » Dermatophilaceae » Phosphoribacter » Phosphoribacter hoenirii
References
Effective publication: Kondrotaite et al., 2025 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Singleton et al., 2022 [2]

Species Phosphoribacter thorii

Etymology
[tho.ri'i] N.L. gen. n. thorii, of Thor, Norse god of thunder
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016715285.1 Ts
Description
 The MAG representative for this species was isolated from activated sludge, wastewater treatment plant located in Mariagerfjord, Denmark 

Classification
Bacteria » Actinomycetota » Actinomycetes » Micrococcales » Dermatophilaceae » Phosphoribacter » Phosphoribacter thorii
References
Effective publication: Kondrotaite et al., 2025 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Singleton et al., 2022 [2]

Species Phosphoribacter tyrii

Etymology
[ty'ri.i] N.L. gen. n. tyrii, from Tyr, Norse of god of war and justice
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016711095.1 Ts
Description
The MAG representative for this species was isolated from activated sludge, wastewater treatment plant located in Hirtshals, Denmark 
Classification
Bacteria » Actinomycetota » Actinomycetes » Micrococcales » Dermatophilaceae » Phosphoribacter » Phosphoribacter tyrii
References
Effective publication: Kondrotaite et al., 2025 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Singleton et al., 2022 [2]

References

  1. Kondrotaite et al. (2025). Ecophysiology and niche differentiation of three genera of polyphosphate-accumulating bacteria in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. mSystems. DOI:10.1128/msystems.00322-25
  2. Singleton et al. (2022). The novel genus, ‘Candidatus Phosphoribacter’, previously identified as Tetrasphaera, is the dominant polyphosphate accumulating lineage in EBPR wastewater treatment plants worldwide. The ISME Journal. DOI:10.1038/s41396-022-01212-z

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:yj2wcqod submitted by Nielsen, Per H. and including 7 new names has been successfully validated.


Date of Priority: 2025-08-25 06:55 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:yj2wcqod