Name: "Ferromicrobium" Johnson and Roberto 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Gender: neuter (stem: Ferromicrobi-)

Type species: "Ferromicrobium acidophilus" Johnson and Roberto 1997

Original publication: Johnson DB, Roberto FF. Heterotrophic Acidophiles and Their Roles in the Bioleaching of Sulfide Minerals. In: Rawlings DE (eds), Biomining. Biotechnology Intelligence Unit., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1997, p. 259-279.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Ferrimicrobium Johnson et al. 2009

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ferrimicrobium Johnson et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Ferrimicrobium Johnson et al. 2009. 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

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
    "Ferromicrobium acidophilus" Johnson and Roberto 1997	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Acidimicrobiaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 48018