Name: Ferrimonas futtsuensis Nakagawa et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: futt.su.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. futtsuensis, from Futtsu, the place of isolation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18154; FUT3661; NBRC 101558

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB245515 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakagawa T, Iino T, Suzuki K, Harayama S. Ferrimonas futtsuensis sp. nov. and Ferrimonas kyonanensis sp. nov., selenate-reducing bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from Tokyo Bay. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2639-2645.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:199-200.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species F. balearica and may be reclassified as a distinct genus with F. sedimicola". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Ferrimonas Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996

Assigned by: Nakagawa T, Iino T, Suzuki K, Harayama S. Ferrimonas futtsuensis sp. nov. and Ferrimonas kyonanensis sp. nov., selenate-reducing bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from Tokyo Bay. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2639-2645.

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