Nitrospirae is a phylum of bacteria. It contains only one class, Nitrospira, which itself contains one order (Nitrospirales) and one family (Nitrospiraceae). It includes multiple genera, such as Nitrospira, the largest. The first member of this phylum, Nitrospira marina, was discovered in 1985. The second member, Nitrospira moscoviensis, was discovered in 1995.
The phylogeny based on the work of the All-Species Living Tree Project.
Taxonomy
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Class Nitrospiria Oren et al. 2015 ["Nitrospirae"]
Order "Nitrospirales"
Family "Nitrospiraceae"
Genus "Candidatus Magnetobacterium" Spring et al. 1993
Species "Ca. M. bavaricum" Spring et al. 1993
Species "Ca. M. casensis" Lin et al. 2014
Genus "Candidatus Magnetoovum" Lefevre et al. 2011
Species "Ca. M. mohavensis" Lefevre et al. 2011
Species "Ca. M. chiemensis" Kolinko 2014
Genus Leptospirillum (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000
Species L. ferrodiazotrophum ♠ Tyson et al. 2005
Species L. rubarum ♠ Aliaga Goltsman et al. 2009
Species L. thermoferrooxidans Hippe 2000
Species L. ferriphilum Coram and Rawlings 2002
Species L. ferrooxidans (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000 (type sp.)
Genus Nitrospira Watson et al. 1986
Species "Ca. N. bockiana" ♠ Lebedeva et al. 2008
Species "Ca. N. inopinata" ♠ Daims et al. 2015
Species "Ca. N. nitrificans" ♠ van Kessel et al. 2015
Species "Ca. N. nitrosa" ♠ van Kessel et al. 2015
Species "Ca. N. salsa" ♠ Haaijer et al. 2013
Species N. calida ♠ Lebedeva et al. 2011
Species N. defluvii ♠ Nowka et al. 2015 ["Candidatus Nitrospira defluvii" Spieck et al. 2006]
Species N. japonica ♠ Ushiki et al. 2013
Species N. lenta Nowka et al. 2015
Species N. marina Watson et al. 1986 (type sp.)
Species N. moscoviensis Ehrich et al. 1995
Genus Thermodesulfovibrio Henry et al. 1994 emend. Sekiguchi et al. 2008
Species T. aggregans Sekiguchi et al. 2008
Species T. hydrogeniphilus Haouari et al. 2009
Species T. islandicus Sonne-Hansen and Ahring 2000
Species T. thiophilus Sekiguchi et al. 2008
Species T. yellowstonii Henry et al. 1994 (type sp.)
Notes:
♠ Strain found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)
