Name: Ferrimonas sediminicola Hwang et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.di.mi.ni’co.la. L. neut. n. sedimen (gen. sedminis), sediment; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. sediminicola, sediment-dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … se-di-mi-NI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: IMCC 35001; KACC 21161; NBRC 113699

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16S rRNA gene: MK263028 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang J, Song J, Lim Y, Joung Y, Cho JC. Ferrimonas sediminicola sp. nov. and Ferrimonas aestuarii sp. nov., Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4927-4934. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6021-6023.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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. futtsuensis". 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. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Ferrimonas Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996

Assigned by: Hwang J, Song J, Lim Y, Joung Y, Cho JC. Ferrimonas sediminicola sp. nov. and Ferrimonas aestuarii sp. nov., Fe(III)-reducing bacteria isolated from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4927-4934. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 9378