Name: Deferribacter autotrophicus Slobodkina et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. autotrophicus, autotrophic

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-to-TRO-p^hi-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21529; SL50; VKPM B-10097

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16S rRNA gene: EU407777 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Chernyh NA, Querellou J, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Deferribacter autotrophicus sp. nov., an iron(III)-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1508-1512.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997

Assigned by: Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Chernyh NA, Querellou J, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Deferribacter autotrophicus sp. nov., an iron(III)-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1508-1512.

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Record number: 787915