Name: Desulfurella multipotens Miroshnichenko et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti’po.tens. L. masc. adj. multus, much, great, many; L. pres. part. potens, being able, having power; from L. v. possum; N.L. fem. part. adj. multipotens, having many abilities

Pronunciation, gender: mul-TI-po-tens, feminine

Type strain: DSM 8415; RH 8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y16943 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Gongazde GA, Lysenko AM, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella multipotens sp. nov., a new sulfur-respiring thermophilic eubacterium from Raoul Island (Kermadec archipelago, New Zealand). Arch. Microbiol. 1994; 161:88-93.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfurella Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Gongazde GA, Lysenko AM, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella multipotens sp. nov., a new sulfur-respiring thermophilic eubacterium from Raoul Island (Kermadec archipelago, New Zealand). Arch. Microbiol. 1994; 161:88-93.

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