Name: Desulfuromonas acetoxidans Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.cet.o’xi.dans. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. neut. n. acidum aceticum, acetic acid; N.L. v. oxido, to make acid, oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. part. adj. acetoxidans, oxidizing acetate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 11070; DSM 684; "South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Ocean"

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16S rRNA gene: AAEW02000008 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfennig N, Biebl H. Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Archives of. Microbiology 1976; 110:3-12.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfuromonas Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pfennig N, Biebl H. Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Archives of. Microbiology 1976; 110:3-12.
  • 😷 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 51 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonas Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pfennig N, Biebl H. Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Archives of. Microbiology 1976; 110:3-12.

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Record number: 775731