Name: "Ferritrophicum" Weiss et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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: neuter (stem: Ferritrophic-), fer-ri-TRO-p^hi-kum

Type species: "Ferritrophicum radicicola" Weiss et al. 2007

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 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.
  • 🥇 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.
  • 🧕 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.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Ferritrophicum radicicola" Weiss et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name

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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