Name: Ferrimicrobium Johnson et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ri.mi.cro’bi.um. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Ferrimicrobium, iron microbe

Gender: neuter (stem: Ferrimicrobi-)

Type species: Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum Johnson et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Johnson DB, Bacelar-Nicolau P, Okibe N, Thomas A, Hallberg KB. Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferrithrix thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.: heterotrophic, iron-oxidizing, extremely acidophilic actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1082-1089.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Ferromicrobium]. Publication: Bacelar-Nicolau P, Johnson DB. Leaching of pyrite by acidophilic heterotrophic iron-oxidizing bacteria in pure and mixed cultures. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:585-590.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.

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
    Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum Johnson et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acidimicrobiaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Johnson DB, Bacelar-Nicolau P, Okibe N, Thomas A, Hallberg KB. Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferrithrix thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.: heterotrophic, iron-oxidizing, extremely acidophilic actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1082-1089.

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