Name: Desulfosporosinus acididurans Sánchez-Andrea et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di.du’rans. L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; L. pres. part. durans, resisting; N.L. part. adj. acididurans, acid-resisting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27692; JCM 19471; M1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU180237 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sanchez-Andrea I, Stams AJ, Hedrich S, Nancucheo I, Johnson DB. Desulfosporosinus acididurans sp. nov.: an acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from acidic sediments. Extremophiles 2015; 19:39-47.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Sanchez-Andrea I, Stams AJ, Hedrich S, Nancucheo I, Johnson DB. Desulfosporosinus acididurans sp. nov.: an acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from acidic sediments. Extremophiles 2015; 19:39-47.

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Record number: 792252