Name: "Deferrivibrio metallireducens" Galès et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal.li.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back, and, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. masc. part. adj. metallireducens, reducing metal

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-fer-ri-WI-bri-o me-tal-li-re-DU-kens, masculine

Nomenclatural type: JCM 39088; V6Fe1

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16S rRNA gene: CP063375 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gales G, Hennart M, Hannoun M, Postec A, Erauso G. Metabolic versatility and nitrate reduction pathways of a new thermophilic bacterium of the Deferrivibrionaceae: Deferrivibrio metallireducens sp. nov isolated from hot sediments of Vulcano Island, Italy. PLoS One 2025; 20:e0315093. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 27501.

Parent taxon: Deferrivibrio Zavarzina et al. 2023

Assigned by: Gales G, Hennart M, Hannoun M, Postec A, Erauso G. Metabolic versatility and nitrate reduction pathways of a new thermophilic bacterium of the Deferrivibrionaceae: Deferrivibrio metallireducens sp. nov isolated from hot sediments of Vulcano Island, Italy. PLoS One 2025; 20:e0315093. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 62546

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