Name: Acidithiobacillus ferrianus Norris et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.a’nus. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. masc. n. Ianus, Roman god of gates and duality, often depicted with two opposite-facing heads; N.L. masc. n. ferrianus, referring to its ability both to oxidize and reduce iron

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 107098; JCM 33084; MG

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16S rRNA gene: MN733279 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Norris PR, Falagan C, Moya-Beltran A, Castro M, Quatrini R, Johnson DB. Acidithiobacillus ferrianus sp. nov.: an ancestral extremely acidophilic and facultatively anaerobic chemolithoautotroph. Extremophiles 2020; 24:329-337.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Assigned by: Norris PR, Falagan C, Moya-Beltran A, Castro M, Quatrini R, Johnson DB. Acidithiobacillus ferrianus sp. nov.: an ancestral extremely acidophilic and facultatively anaerobic chemolithoautotroph. Extremophiles 2020; 24:329-337.

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Record number: 3527