Name: Caloranaerobacter ferrireducens Zeng et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing iron (III)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27799; DY22619; JCM 19467; MCCC 1A06455

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16S rRNA gene: KC794016 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zeng X, Zhang Z, Li X, Jebbar M, Alain K, Shao Z. Caloranaerobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic, iron (III)-reducing bacterium isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal sulfide deposits. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1714-1718.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Caloranaerobacter Wery et al. 2001

Assigned by: Zeng X, Zhang Z, Li X, Jebbar M, Alain K, Shao Z. Caloranaerobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic, iron (III)-reducing bacterium isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal sulfide deposits. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1714-1718.

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Record number: 792900