Name: Ferrigenium kumadai Khalifa et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ku.ma’da.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kumadai, named after a Japanese soil scientist Kyoichi Kumada, in honour of his pioneering research on iron dynamics in paddy field soil

Gender: neuter

Type strain: An22; ATCC TSD-51; JCM 30584; NBRC 112974

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC065124 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khalifa A, Nakasuji Y, Saka N, Honjo H, Asakawa S, Watanabe T. Ferrigenium kumadai gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a paddy field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2587-2592.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ferrigenium Khalifa et al. 2018. Publication: Khalifa A, Nakasuji Y, Saka N, Honjo H, Asakawa S, Watanabe T. Ferrigenium kumadai gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a paddy field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2587-2592.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ferrigenium Khalifa et al. 2018

Assigned by: Khalifa A, Nakasuji Y, Saka N, Honjo H, Asakawa S, Watanabe T. Ferrigenium kumadai gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a paddy field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2587-2592.

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Record number: 797732