Genus Ferriphaselus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Ferriphaselus Kato et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ferriphaselus amnicola Kato et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. masc. n. phaselus, bean; N.L. masc. n. Ferrifaselus, iron bean.
Valid publication: KATO, S., KREPSKI, S., CHAN, C., ITOH, T. and OHKUMA, M. 2014. Ferriphaselus amnicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a neutrophilic, stalk-forming, iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an iron-rich groundwater seep. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 921-925..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ferriphaselus amnicola Kato et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OYT1=JCM 18545=DSM 26810.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB720115.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. masc. n. amnis, a stream, a small river; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), a dweller, an inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. amnicola, an inhabitant of a stream.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: KATO, S., KREPSKI, S., CHAN, C., ITOH, T. and OHKUMA, M. 2014. Ferriphaselus amnicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a neutrophilic, stalk-forming, iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an iron-rich groundwater seep. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 921-925.
Original article in IJSEM Online