Name: Ferrimonas balearica Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ba.le.a’ri.ca. N.L. fem. adj. balearica, pertaining to the Balearaic Islands where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ba-le-A-ri-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCM 4581; DSM 9799; PAT

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X93021 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rosselló-Mora R, Ludwig W, Kämpfer P, Amann R, Schleifer KH. Ferrimonas balearica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:196-202.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ferrimonas Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996. Publication: Rosselló-Mora R, Ludwig W, Kämpfer P, Amann R, Schleifer KH. Ferrimonas balearica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:196-202.
  • 😷 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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nolan M, Sikorski J, Davenport K, Lucas S, Del Rio TG, Tice H, Cheng JF, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Ferrimonas balearica type strain (PAT). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 3:174-182.

Parent taxon: Ferrimonas Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996

Assigned by: Rosselló-Mora R, Ludwig W, Kämpfer P, Amann R, Schleifer KH. Ferrimonas balearica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:196-202.

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