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Genus "Ferritrophicum"
Name: "Ferritrophicum" Weiss et al. 2007
Etymology: Fer.ri.tro’phi.cum. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. neut. n. Ferritrophicum, one that feeds on iron, a bacterium that gains its energy from oxidizing ferrous iron
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Ferritrophic-), fer-ri-TRO-phi-kum
Type species: "Ferritrophicum radicicola" Weiss et al. 2007
Original publication:
Weiss JV, Rentz JA, Plaia T, Neubauer SC, Merrill-Floyd M, Lilburn T, Bradburne C, Megonigal JP, Emerson D. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov. sp. nov., and Sideroxydans paludicola sp. nov. Geomicrobiol. J. 2007; 24:559-570. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Ferritrophicaceae" Weiss et al. 2007.
Publication:
Weiss JV, Rentz JA, Plaia T, Neubauer SC, Merrill-Floyd M, Lilburn T, Bradburne C, Megonigal JP, Emerson D. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov. sp. nov., and Sideroxydans paludicola sp. nov. Geomicrobiol. J. 2007; 24:559-570. 🇺🇸
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Ferritrophicales" Weiss et al. 2007.
Publication:
Weiss JV, Rentz JA, Plaia T, Neubauer SC, Merrill-Floyd M, Lilburn T, Bradburne C, Megonigal JP, Emerson D. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov. sp. nov., and Sideroxydans paludicola sp. nov. Geomicrobiol. J. 2007; 24:559-570. 🇺🇸
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🧕 Weiss et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the order "Ferritrophicales" Weiss et al. 2007.
Publication:
Weiss JV, Rentz JA, Plaia T, Neubauer SC, Merrill-Floyd M, Lilburn T, Bradburne C, Megonigal JP, Emerson D. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov. sp. nov., and Sideroxydans paludicola sp. nov. Geomicrobiol. J. 2007; 24:559-570. 🇺🇸
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ferrotrophicum"; "Ritrophicum".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Ferritrophicaceae" Weiss et al. 2007.
Publication:
Weiss JV, Rentz JA, Plaia T, Neubauer SC, Merrill-Floyd M, Lilburn T, Bradburne C, Megonigal JP, Emerson D. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov. sp. nov., and Sideroxydans paludicola sp. nov. Geomicrobiol. J. 2007; 24:559-570.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Ferritrophicum radicicola" Weiss et al. 2007 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: "Ferritrophicaceae" Weiss et al. 2007
Assigned by:
Weiss JV, Rentz JA, Plaia T, Neubauer SC, Merrill-Floyd M, Lilburn T, Bradburne C, Megonigal JP, Emerson D. Characterization of neutrophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of wetland plants and description of Ferritrophicum radicicola gen. nov. sp. nov., and Sideroxydans paludicola sp. nov. Geomicrobiol. J. 2007; 24:559-570. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 521833
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