Name: Deferribacter desulfuricans Takai et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.sul.fu’ri.cans. N.L. masc. 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. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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