Name: Desulfurobacterium indicum Cao et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cum. L. neut. adj. indicum, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 101677; K6013; MCCC 1A01868

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16S rRNA gene: KT750866 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cao J, Birien T, Gayet N, Huang Z, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Desulfurobacterium indicum sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfur-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1665-1668.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfurobacterium L'Haridon et al. 1998

Assigned by: Cao J, Birien T, Gayet N, Huang Z, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Desulfurobacterium indicum sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfur-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1665-1668.

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Record number: 795415