Name: Deferribacter abyssi Miroshnichenko et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.bys’si. L. gen. masc./fem. n. abyssi, of immense depths, living in the depths of the ocean

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14873; JCM 11955; JR

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ515882 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Slobodkin AI, Kostrikina NA, L'Haridon S, Nercessian O, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Jeanthon C. Deferribacter abyssi sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophile from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1637-1641.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The correct DSMZ accession number of the strain DR (a second strain of Deferribacter abyssi) should be DSM 14928 and not DSM 14927 as erroneously cited in the paper by Miroshnichenko et al. 2003. — Oren A. Personal communication, 2003-09-26.

Parent taxon: Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Slobodkin AI, Kostrikina NA, L'Haridon S, Nercessian O, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Jeanthon C. Deferribacter abyssi sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophile from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1637-1641.

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Record number: 775444