Name: Desulfosporosinus hippei Vatsurina et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hip’pe.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hippei, of Hippe, named after Hans H. Hippe, of the DSMZ, for his numerous contributions to the cultivation and taxonomy of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Pronunciation, gender: HIP-pe-i, masculine

Type strain: 343; DSM 8344; VKM B-2003

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16S rRNA gene: Y11571 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vatsurina A, Badrutdinova D, Schumann P, Spring S, Vainshtein M. Desulfosporosinus hippei sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1228-1232.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Vatsurina A, Badrutdinova D, Schumann P, Spring S, Vainshtein M. Desulfosporosinus hippei sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1228-1232.

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Record number: 787336