Name: Desulfosporosinus nitroreducens Vandieken et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tro.re.du’cens. Gr. neut. n. nitron, nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and, in chemistry, converting to reduced oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitroreducens, reducing nitrate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 59.4B; DSM 101608; JCM 31105

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16S rRNA gene: KX822013 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandieken V, Niemann H, Engelen B, Cypionka H. Marinisporobacter balticus gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfosporosinus nitroreducens sp. nov. and Desulfosporosinus fructosivorans sp. nov., new spore-forming bacteria isolated from subsurface sediments of the Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1887-1893.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Vandieken V, Niemann H, Engelen B, Cypionka H. Marinisporobacter balticus gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfosporosinus nitroreducens sp. nov. and Desulfosporosinus fructosivorans sp. nov., new spore-forming bacteria isolated from subsurface sediments of the Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1887-1893.

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