Name: Chrysiogenes arsenatis Macy et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.sen.a’tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. arsenatis, of arsenate, referring to the ability of the organism to reduce arsenate to arsenite

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700172; BAL-1; DSM 11915

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16S rRNA gene: X81319 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Macy JM, Nunan K, Hagen KD, Dixon DR, Harbour PJ, Cahill M, Sly LI. Chrysiogenes arsenatis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new arsenate-respiring bacterium isolated from gold mine wastewater. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1153-1157.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chrysiogenes Macy et al. 1996. Publication: Macy JM, Nunan K, Hagen KD, Dixon DR, Harbour PJ, Cahill M, Sly LI. Chrysiogenes arsenatis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new arsenate-respiring bacterium isolated from gold mine wastewater. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1153-1157.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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: Chrysiogenes Macy et al. 1996

Assigned by: Macy JM, Nunan K, Hagen KD, Dixon DR, Harbour PJ, Cahill M, Sly LI. Chrysiogenes arsenatis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new arsenate-respiring bacterium isolated from gold mine wastewater. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1153-1157.

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