Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Nitrospira

1. Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria:
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Negibacteria.
   2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Nitrospira – tentative name.
   3. (Nitrospira f) A taxonomic genus within the family Nitrospiraceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Nitrospira - phylum; Nitrospira - sole class (tentatively named); Nitrospirales - sole order (tentatively named); Nitrospiraceae - sole family

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Nitrospira - class (tentatively named); Nitrospirales - order (tentatively named); Nitrospiraceae - family
• (genus): Nitrospira moscoviensis; Nitrospira marina - species

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521