Name: Desulfosporosinus acidiphilus Alazard et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di’phi.lus. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, ê-on; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphilus, acid-loving

Pronunciation, gender: a-ki-DI-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 22704; JCM 16185; SJ4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ951625 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Alazard D, Joseph M, Battaglia-Brunet F, Cayol JL, Ollivier B. Desulfosporosinus acidiphilus sp. nov.: a moderately acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from acid mining drainage sediments : New taxa: Firmicutes (Class Clostridia, Order Clostridiales, Family Peptococcaceae). Extremophiles 2010; 14:305-312.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 145. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1017-1019.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Alazard D, Joseph M, Battaglia-Brunet F, Cayol JL, Ollivier B. Desulfosporosinus acidiphilus sp. nov.: a moderately acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from acid mining drainage sediments : New taxa: Firmicutes (Class Clostridia, Order Clostridiales, Family Peptococcaceae). Extremophiles 2010; 14:305-312.

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