Name: Desulfuromonas svalbardensis Vandieken et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sval.bar.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. svalbardensis, from Svalbard, a group of islands in the northern Barents Sea, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: swal-bar-DEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 112; DSM 16958; JCM 12927

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY835388 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandieken V, Mussmann M, Niemann H, Jorgensen BB. Desulfuromonas svalbardensis sp. nov. and Desulfuromusa ferrireducens sp. nov., psychrophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from Arctic sediments, Svalbard. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1133-1139.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

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. — 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: Desulfuromonas Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vandieken V, Mussmann M, Niemann H, Jorgensen BB. Desulfuromonas svalbardensis sp. nov. and Desulfuromusa ferrireducens sp. nov., psychrophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from Arctic sediments, Svalbard. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1133-1139.

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Record number: 775738