Name: Desulfoconvexum algidum Könneke et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’dum. L. neut. adj. algidum, ice-cold, algid, living in ice-cold conditions

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 21856; JCM 16085; JHA1

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16S rRNA gene: EF442984 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Konneke M, Kuever J, Galushko A, Jorgensen BB. Desulfoconvexum algidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a permanently cold marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:959-964.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfoconvexum Könneke et al. 2013. Publication: Konneke M, Kuever J, Galushko A, Jorgensen BB. Desulfoconvexum algidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a permanently cold marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:959-964.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfoconvexum Könneke et al. 2013

Assigned by: Konneke M, Kuever J, Galushko A, Jorgensen BB. Desulfoconvexum algidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a permanently cold marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:959-964.

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Record number: 790560