Name: Ferrimonas senticii Campbell et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sen.ti’ci.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. senticii, of Sentic, named in honour of Sinisa Sentic for scientific and philosophical discussions

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sen-TI-ki-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1480; DSM 18821; P2S11

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ778094 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Campbell S, Harada RM, Li QX. Ferrimonas senticii sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from the mucus of a puffer fish caught in Kaneohe Bay, Hawai'i. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2670-2673. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

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. — 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 2 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: 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: Campbell S, Harada RM, Li QX. Ferrimonas senticii sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from the mucus of a puffer fish caught in Kaneohe Bay, Hawai'i. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2670-2673. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 786932