Name: Desulfotignum phosphitoxidans Schink et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phos.phit.o’xi.dans. N.L. part. adj. phosphitoxidans, oxidizing phosphite, referring to its utilization of this unusual electron source

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 13687; FiPS-3; OCM 818

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16S rRNA gene: AF420288 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B, Thiemann V, Laue H, Friedrich MW. Desulfotignum phosphitoxidans sp. nov., a new marine sulfate reducer that oxidizes phosphite to phosphate. Arch Microbiol 2002; 177:381-391.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.27450 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfotignum Kuever et al. 2001

Assigned by: Schink B, Thiemann V, Laue H, Friedrich MW. Desulfotignum phosphitoxidans sp. nov., a new marine sulfate reducer that oxidizes phosphite to phosphate. Arch Microbiol 2002; 177:381-391.

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Record number: 775623