Name: Anoxybacter fermentans Zeng et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men’tans. L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 28033; DY22613; JCM 19466; MCCC 1A06456

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC794015 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zeng X, Zhang Z, Li X, Zhang X, Cao J, Jebbar M, Alain K, Shao Z. Anoxybacter fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic, thermophilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:710-715.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anoxybacter Zeng et al. 2015. Publication: Zeng X, Zhang Z, Li X, Zhang X, Cao J, Jebbar M, Alain K, Shao Z. Anoxybacter fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic, thermophilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:710-715.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Anoxybacter Zeng et al. 2015

Assigned by: Zeng X, Zhang Z, Li X, Zhang X, Cao J, Jebbar M, Alain K, Shao Z. Anoxybacter fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic, thermophilic, anaerobic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:710-715.

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