Name: Acidibacter ferrireducens Falagán and Johnson 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, bringing back, leading back; N.L. part. adj. ferrireducens, iron-reducing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27237; MCF85; NCCB 100460

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16S rRNA gene: JX412366 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Falagan C, Johnson DB. Acidibacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic ferric iron-reducing gammaproteobacterium. Extremophiles 2014; 18:1067-1073.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidibacter Falagán and Johnson 2017. Publication: Falagan C, Johnson DB. Acidibacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic ferric iron-reducing gammaproteobacterium. Extremophiles 2014; 18:1067-1073.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidibacter Falagán and Johnson 2017

Assigned by: Falagan C, Johnson DB. Acidibacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic ferric iron-reducing gammaproteobacterium. Extremophiles 2014; 18:1067-1073.

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Record number: 794262