Name: Ferriphaselus amnicola Kato et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.ni’co.la. L. gen. masc. n. amnis, a stream, a small river; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, an inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. amnicola, an inhabitant of a stream

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 26810; JCM 18545; OYT1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB720115 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kato S, Krepski S, Chan C, Itoh T, Ohkuma M. Ferriphaselus amnicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a neutrophilic, stalk-forming, iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an iron-rich groundwater seep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:921-925.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ferriphaselus Kato et al. 2014. Publication: Kato S, Krepski S, Chan C, Itoh T, Ohkuma M. Ferriphaselus amnicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a neutrophilic, stalk-forming, iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an iron-rich groundwater seep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:921-925.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ferriphaselus Kato et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kato S, Krepski S, Chan C, Itoh T, Ohkuma M. Ferriphaselus amnicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a neutrophilic, stalk-forming, iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an iron-rich groundwater seep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:921-925.

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Record number: 791614