Name: Deefgea rivuli Stackebrandt et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ri’vu.li. L. gen. masc. n. rivuli, of/from a rivulet, a small brook

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 109326; DSM 18356; WB 3.4-79

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM397080 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Lang E, Cousin S, Pauker O, Brambilla E, Kroppenstedt R, Lunsdorf H. Deefgea rivuli gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the class Betaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:639-645.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Deefgea Stackebrandt et al. 2007. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Lang E, Cousin S, Pauker O, Brambilla E, Kroppenstedt R, Lunsdorf H. Deefgea rivuli gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the class Betaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:639-645.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Deefgea Stackebrandt et al. 2007

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Lang E, Cousin S, Pauker O, Brambilla E, Kroppenstedt R, Lunsdorf H. Deefgea rivuli gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the class Betaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:639-645.

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Record number: 786059