Name: Desulfosporosinus meridiei Robertson et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ri.di.e.i. L. masc. n. meridies, the south; L. gen. masc. n. meridiei, of the south, referring to its isolation in the Southern Hemisphere

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-275; DSM 13257; NCIMB 13706; S10

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF076527 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Robertson WJ, Bowman JP, Franzmann PD, Mee BJ. Desulfosporosinus meridiei sp. nov., a spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from gasolene-contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:133-140.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15743 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Robertson WJ, Bowman JP, Franzmann PD, Mee BJ. Desulfosporosinus meridiei sp. nov., a spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from gasolene-contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:133-140.

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Record number: 775613