Name: Acidithiobacillus ferridurans Hedrich and Johnson 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.du’rans. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. durans, hardening, resisting; N.L. part. adj. ferridurans, iron resistant, referring to its tolerance to iron

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33020; DSM 29468; JCM 18981

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY002489 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hedrich S, Johnson DB. Acidithiobacillus ferridurans sp. nov., an acidophilic iron-, sulfur- and hydrogen-metabolizing chemolithotrophic gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4018-4025.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Assigned by: Hedrich S, Johnson DB. Acidithiobacillus ferridurans sp. nov., an acidophilic iron-, sulfur- and hydrogen-metabolizing chemolithotrophic gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4018-4025.

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Record number: 791305