Denitratisoma

Denitratisoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Nitrosomonadales
Family:	Sterolibacteriaceae
Genus:	Denitratisoma
Type species
D. oestradiolicum

Denitratisoma is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). ^[1]

Etymology

The name Denitratisoma derives from:
Latin pref. de-, away from; Neo-Latin noun nitras -atis, nitrate; Greek neuter gender noun soma (σῶμα), body; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Denitratisoma, a body that reduces nitrate. ^[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species, ^[2] namely D. oestradiolicum ( Fahrbach et al. 2006, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin noun oestradiol, oestradiol; Latin neuter gender suff. -icum, belonging to; Neo-Latin neuter gender adjective oestradiolicum, belonging to oestradiol, referring to oestradiol utilization.) ^[3]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. Classification of Genera DL in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
2. Denitratisoma in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
3. Fahrbach, M.; Kuever, J.; Meinke, R.; Kämpfer, P.; Hollender, J. (2006). "Denitratisoma oestradiolicum gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a 17beta-oestradiol-degrading, denitrifying betaproteobacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (7): 1547–1552. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.63672-0 . PMID   16825628.