Name: Acidisphaera rubrifaciens Hiraishi et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rub.ri.fa’ci.ens. L. masc. adj. ruber, red; L. v. facio, to make; N.L. part. adj. rubrifaciens, red-producing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 16009; HS-AP3; JCM 10600

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16S rRNA gene: D86512 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hiraishi A, Matsuzawa Y, Kanbe T, Wakao N. Acidisphaera rubrifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from acidic environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1539-1546.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidisphaera Hiraishi et al. 2000. Publication: Hiraishi A, Matsuzawa Y, Kanbe T, Wakao N. Acidisphaera rubrifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from acidic environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1539-1546.
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.

Parent taxon: Acidisphaera Hiraishi et al. 2000

Assigned by: Hiraishi A, Matsuzawa Y, Kanbe T, Wakao N. Acidisphaera rubrifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from acidic environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1539-1546.

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Record number: 783272