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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Desulfosporosinus metallidurans

Name: Desulfosporosinus metallidurans Panova et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal.li.du’rans. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. pres. part. durans, enduring; N.L. masc. part. adj. metallidurans, named to indicate that the species is able to survive high metal concentrations

Pronunciation, gender: me-tal-li-DU-rans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 104464; OL; VKM B-3021

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16S rRNA gene: MT359230 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Panova IA, Ikkert O, Avakyan MR, Kopitsyn DS, Mardanov AV, Pimenov NV, Shcherbakova VA, Ravin NV, Karnachuk OV. Desulfosporosinus metallidurans sp. nov., an acidophilic, metal-resistant sulfate-reducing bacterium from acid mine drainage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4876.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Panova IA, Ikkert O, Avakyan MR, Kopitsyn DS, Mardanov AV, Pimenov NV, Shcherbakova VA, Ravin NV, Karnachuk OV. Desulfosporosinus metallidurans sp. nov., an acidophilic, metal-resistant sulfate-reducing bacterium from acid mine drainage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4876.

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Record number: 20097
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