Name: Desulfosporosinus youngiae Lee et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: young’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. youngiae, of Young, in recognition of the contributions of Lily Y. Young to our understanding of the physiology and ecology of anaerobic bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1261; DSM 17734; JW/YJL-B18

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ117470 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YJ, Romanek CS, Wiegel J. Desulfosporosinus youngiae sp. nov., a spore-forming, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2743-2746.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

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: Lee YJ, Romanek CS, Wiegel J. Desulfosporosinus youngiae sp. nov., a spore-forming, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2743-2746.

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Record number: 775616