Name: Carboxydothermus ferrireducens (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Slobodkin et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens Slobodkin et al. 1997

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 (ferric) iron

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 11255; JW/AS-Y7; VKM B-2392

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U76363 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkin AI, Sokolova TG, Lysenko AM, Wiegel J. Reclassification of Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens as Carboxydothermus ferrireducens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Carboxydothermus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2349-2351.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens Slobodkin et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Carboxydothermus Svetlichny et al. 1991

Assigned by: Slobodkin AI, Sokolova TG, Lysenko AM, Wiegel J. Reclassification of Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens as Carboxydothermus ferrireducens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Carboxydothermus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2349-2351.

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Record number: 785574