Nitrosopumilales

Nitrosopumilales
Nitrosopumilus maritimus, partially with virions of Nitrosopumilus spindle-shaped virus 1 (Thaspiviridae) attached.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Nitrososphaeria
Order: Nitrosopumilales
Qin et al. 2017
Families
Synonyms
  • Cenarchaeales Cavalier-Smith 2002

The Nitrosopumilales are an order of the Archaea class Nitrososphaeria.[1]

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026[2][3][4] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232[5][6][7]
Nitrosotaleales
Nitrosotaleaceae

Nitrosotalea

Nitrosopumilales
Nitrosopumilaceae

Nitrosotalea

"Ca. Nitrosotenuis"

"Ca. Nitrosopelagicus"

"Ca. Nitrosoabyssus"

"Ca. Cenarchaeum"

Nitrosarchaeum

"Ca. Nitrosomaritimum"

Nitrosopumilus

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[8]

  • Order Nitrosotaleales Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2024
    • Family Nitrosotaleaceae Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2024
      • Nitrosotalea Lehtovirta-Morley et al. 2024
  • Order Nitrosopumilales Qin et al. 2017
    • Family "Nitrosotenuaceae" Herbold et al. 2016
      • "Candidatus Nitrosotenuis" Li et al. 2016
    • Family Nitrosopumilaceae Qin et al. 2017
      • "Ca. Cenarchaeum" DeLong & Preston 1996
      • Nitrosarchaeum corrig. Jung et al. 2018
      • "Candidatus Nitrosoabyssus" Garritano et al. 2024
      • ?"Candidatus Nitrosokoinonia" Glasl et al. 2023
      • "Candidatus Nitrosomaritimum" Zhao et al. 2024
      • "Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus" Santoro et al. 2015
      • Nitrosopumilus Qin et al. 2017
      • ?"Candidatus Nitrosospongia" Moeller et al. 2019

References

  1. 1 2 Nitrosopumilales in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  2. ↑ "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Amann, Rudolf (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea". Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.
  5. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  8. ↑ C.L. Schoch. "Nitrosopumilales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.