Name: Aridibacter nitratireducens Huber et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. neut. adj. nitratum, nitrate; L. v. reduco, reduce, convert to a different condition; N.L. masc. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-tra-ti-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: A_24_SHP_-5_238; CECT 9235; DSM 102177

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16S rRNA gene: KX443571 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huber KJ, Geppert AM, Gross U, Luckner M, Wanner G, Cooper P, Abakah J, Janssen I, Overmann J. Aridibacter nitratireducens sp. nov., a member of the family Blastocatellaceae, class Blastocatellia, isolated from an African soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4487-4493. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aridibacter Huber et al. 2014

Assigned by: Huber KJ, Geppert AM, Gross U, Luckner M, Wanner G, Cooper P, Abakah J, Janssen I, Overmann J. Aridibacter nitratireducens sp. nov., a member of the family Blastocatellaceae, class Blastocatellia, isolated from an African soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4487-4493. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 795609