Name: Desulfitobacterium frappieri Bouchard et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: frap.pi.e’ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. frappieri, of Frappier, in honor of Armand Frappier, a renowned Canadian microbiologist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700357; DSM 12420; PCP-1

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16S rRNA gene: U40078 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bouchard B, Beaudet R, Villemur R, McSween G, Lepine F, Bisaillon JG. Isolation and characterization of Desulfitobacterium frappieri sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium which reductively dechlorinates pentachlorophenol to 3-chlorophenol. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1010-1015.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfitobacterium hafniense Christiansen and Ahring 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfitobacterium hafniense Christiansen and Ahring 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Niggemyer et al. (2001), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Desulfitobacterium hafniense Christiansen and Ahring 1996. Publication: Niggemyer A, Spring S, Stackebrandt E, Rosenzweig RF. Isolation and characterization of a novel As(V)-reducing bacterium: implications for arsenic mobilization and the genus Desulfitobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:5568-5580.
  • ❗ Desulfitobacterium frappieri is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfitobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 24 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994

Assigned by: Bouchard B, Beaudet R, Villemur R, McSween G, Lepine F, Bisaillon JG. Isolation and characterization of Desulfitobacterium frappieri sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium which reductively dechlorinates pentachlorophenol to 3-chlorophenol. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1010-1015.

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