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. masc. part. adj. acetoxydans, oxidizing acetate

Pronunciation, gender: a-ket-o-XY-dans, 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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