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. masc. part. adj. acididurans, acid-resisting

Pronunciation, gender: a-ki-di-DU-rans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 27692; JCM 19471; M1

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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. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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