Name: "Ferrovales" Johnson et al. 2014

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ro.va’les. N.L. fem. pl. n. Ferrovales, the Ferrovum order

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fer-ro-WA-les, feminine

Type genus: "Ferrovum" Johnson et al. 2014

Original publication: Johnson DB, Hallberg KB, Hedrich S. Uncovering a microbial enigma: isolation and characterization of the streamer-generating, iron-oxidizing, acidophilic bacterium "Ferrovum myxofaciens". Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:672-680. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Parent taxon: Betaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Johnson DB, Hallberg KB, Hedrich S. Uncovering a microbial enigma: isolation and characterization of the streamer-generating, iron-oxidizing, acidophilic bacterium "Ferrovum myxofaciens". Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:672-680. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 3347
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