Name: Desulfitobacterium metallireducens Finneran et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal.li.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. part. adj. metallireducens, reducing metal, referring to the ability to couple growth to respiration of several metals

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 853-15A; ATCC BAA-636; DSM 15288

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16S rRNA gene: AF297871 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Finneran KT, Forbush HM, VanPraagh CV, Lovley DR. Desulfitobacterium metallireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium that couples growth to the reduction of metals and humic acids as well as chlorinated compounds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1929-1935.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Desulfitobacterium metallireducens Finneran et al. 2002 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994

Assigned by: Finneran KT, Forbush HM, VanPraagh CV, Lovley DR. Desulfitobacterium metallireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium that couples growth to the reduction of metals and humic acids as well as chlorinated compounds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1929-1935.

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