Name: Fervidicella metallireducens Ogg and Patel 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal.li.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back, and, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. metallireducens, reducing metal

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AeB; DSM 25808; JCM 15555; KCTC 5667

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16S rRNA gene: FJ481102 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Fervidicella metallireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1394-1400.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1987-1988.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fervidicella Ogg and Patel 2010. Publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Fervidicella metallireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1394-1400.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fervidicella Ogg and Patel 2010

Assigned by: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Fervidicella metallireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from geothermal waters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1394-1400.

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Record number: 788595