Name: Desulfurella multipotens Miroshnichenko et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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Record number: 775720