Name: Ferrigenium straubiae Becker and Kappler 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: strau’bi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. straubiae, named after Kristina Straub in honour of her original isolation of the enrichment culture KS

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … STRA͡U-bi-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: DSM 118991; KCTC 25982; KS

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16S rRNA gene: CP194331 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Becker S, Kappler A. Isolation of 'Candidatus Ferrigenium straubiae' - a microaerophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterium and nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizer within the community of culture KS. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6949. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Ferrigenium straubiae" Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07049 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-11-25.

Parent taxon: Ferrigenium Khalifa et al. 2018

Assigned by: Becker S, Kappler A. Isolation of 'Candidatus Ferrigenium straubiae' - a microaerophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterium and nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizer within the community of culture KS. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6949. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 68981