Name: Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens Kashyap et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, bringing back, leading back; N.L. masc. part. adj. ferrireducens, iron-reducing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-233; Ax17; DSM 111878

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16S rRNA gene: MZ048018 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kashyap S, Musa M, Neat KA, Leopo DA, Holden JF. Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganeite and lepidocrocite minerals. Extremophiles 2022; 26:13.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfovulcanus Kashyap et al. 2023. Publication: Kashyap S, Musa M, Neat KA, Leopo DA, Holden JF. Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganeite and lepidocrocite minerals. Extremophiles 2022; 26:13.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfovulcanus Kashyap et al. 2023

Assigned by: Kashyap S, Musa M, Neat KA, Leopo DA, Holden JF. Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganeite and lepidocrocite minerals. Extremophiles 2022; 26:13.

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Record number: 37289