Name: Deferribacter desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.sul.fu’ri.cans. N.L. part. adj. desulfuricans, reducing sulfur

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14783; JCM 11476; NBRC 101012; SSM1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB086060 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Deferribacter desulfuricans sp. nov., a novel sulfur-, nitrate- and arsenate-reducing thermophile isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:839-846.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Deferribacter Greene et al. 1997

Assigned by: Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Deferribacter desulfuricans sp. nov., a novel sulfur-, nitrate- and arsenate-reducing thermophile isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:839-846.

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Record number: 775445