Name: Ferribacterium Cummings et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ri.bac.te.ri.um. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Ferribacterium, rod-shaped iron bacterium

Gender: neuter (stem: Ferribacteri-)

Type species: Ferribacterium limneticum Cummings et al. 2000

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cummings DE, Caccavo, F., Jr, Spring, S, Rosenzweig, F R. Ferribacterium limneticum, gen. nov., sp. nov., an Fe(III)-reducing microorganism isolated from miningimpacted freshwater lake sediments. Arch Microbiol 1999; 171:183-188.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 77. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodocyclaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ferribaccerium"; "Ferribacrmrium"; "Ferribactorium"; "Ferribuccerium"; "Forribaczcrium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FRBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ferribacterium limneticum Cummings et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Azonexaceae Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.

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