Name: Desulfuromusa ferrireducens Vandieken et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and, in chemistry, converting to a reduced oxidation state; N.L. fem. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing Fe(III) to Fe(II)

Pronunciation, gender: fer-ri-re-DU-kens, feminine

Type strain: 102; DSM 16956; JCM 12926

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16S rRNA gene: AY835392 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: Desulfuromusa Liesack and Finster 1994

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: 775741