Name: Desulforegula conservatrix Rees and Patel 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.ser.va.trix. L. fem. n. conservatrix, she who preserves, describing the storage of lipid cell inclusions (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-134; DSM 13527; Mb1Pa

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF243334 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rees GN, Patel BK. Desulforegula conservatrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a long-chain fatty acid-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from sediments of a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1911-1916.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulforegula Rees and Patel 2001. Publication: Rees GN, Patel BK. Desulforegula conservatrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a long-chain fatty acid-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from sediments of a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1911-1916.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulforegula Rees and Patel 2001

Assigned by: Rees GN, Patel BK. Desulforegula conservatrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a long-chain fatty acid-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from sediments of a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1911-1916.

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Record number: 775602