Name: Desulfonatronobacter acetoxydans Sorokin et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.cet.o’xy.dans. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. neut. n. acidum aceticum, acetic acid; N.L. v. oxido, to make acid, oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. part. adj. acetoxydans, oxidizing acetate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: APT3; DSM 29847; UNIQEM U992

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16S rRNA gene: KP223254 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Chernyh NA, Poroshina MN. Desulfonatronobacter acetoxydans sp. nov.,: a first acetate-oxidizing, extremely salt-tolerant alkaliphilic SRB from a hypersaline soda lake. Extremophiles 2015; 19:899-907.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 167. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1-3.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfonatronobacter Sorokin et al. 2012

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Chernyh NA, Poroshina MN. Desulfonatronobacter acetoxydans sp. nov.,: a first acetate-oxidizing, extremely salt-tolerant alkaliphilic SRB from a hypersaline soda lake. Extremophiles 2015; 19:899-907.

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Record number: 793127