Name: Defluviimonas nitratireducens Liu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. neut. adj. nitratum, nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, bringing back to a state or condition; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DL5-4; LMG 29616; MCCC 1A06955

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16S rRNA gene: KF146513 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Wang W, Shao Z. Defluviimonas nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2752-2757.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Defluviimonas Foesel et al. 2013

Assigned by: Liu Y, Lai Q, Wang W, Shao Z. Defluviimonas nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2752-2757.

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Record number: 795737