Name: Acidithrix ferrooxidans Jones and Johnson 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ro.ox’i.dans. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sharp, acid; N.L. v. oxido, to make acid, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. ferrooxidans, iron-oxidizing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 28176; JCM 19728; PY-F3

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16S rRNA gene: KC208497 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jones RM, Johnson DB. Acidithrix ferrooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov.; a filamentous and obligately heterotrophic, acidophilic member of the Actinobacteria that catalyzes dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron. Res Microbiol 2015; 166:111-120.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 208. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5592.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidithrix Jones and Johnson 2022. Publication: Jones RM, Johnson DB. Acidithrix ferrooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov.; a filamentous and obligately heterotrophic, acidophilic member of the Actinobacteria that catalyzes dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron. Res Microbiol 2015; 166:111-120.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidithrix Jones and Johnson 2022

Assigned by: Jones RM, Johnson DB. Acidithrix ferrooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov.; a filamentous and obligately heterotrophic, acidophilic member of the Actinobacteria that catalyzes dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron. Res Microbiol 2015; 166:111-120.

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Record number: 34446