Name: Acidicapsa ferrireducens Falagán et al. 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: feminine

Type strain: DSM 28997; MCF9T -; NCCB 100575

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16S rRNA gene: KC662255 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Falagan C, Foesel B, Johnson B. Acidicapsa ferrireducens sp. nov., Acidicapsa acidiphila sp. nov., and Granulicella acidiphila sp. nov.: novel acidobacteria isolated from metal-rich acidic waters. Extremophiles 2017; 21:459-469.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Acidicapsa Kulichevskaya et al. 2012

Assigned by: Falagan C, Foesel B, Johnson B. Acidicapsa ferrireducens sp. nov., Acidicapsa acidiphila sp. nov., and Granulicella acidiphila sp. nov.: novel acidobacteria isolated from metal-rich acidic waters. Extremophiles 2017; 21:459-469.

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Record number: 795018