Name: Desulfosporosinus burensis Mayeux et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. burensis, belonging to Bure, the area where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: bu-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BSREI1; DSM 24089; JCM 17380

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16S rRNA gene: JF810424 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mayeux B, Fardeau ML, Bartoli-Joseph M, Casalot L, Vinsot A, Labat M. Desulfosporosinus burensis sp. nov., a spore-forming, mesophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep clay environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:593-598.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Mayeux B, Fardeau ML, Bartoli-Joseph M, Casalot L, Vinsot A, Labat M. Desulfosporosinus burensis sp. nov., a spore-forming, mesophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep clay environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:593-598.

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Record number: 790530