Name: Fontibacter ferrireducens Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing Fe(III) to Fe(II)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC M 2011498; KACC 16525; SgZ-2

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16S rRNA gene: JQ348962 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang J, Yang G, Zhou S, Wang Y, Yuan Y, Zhuang L. Fontibacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an Fe(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:925-929.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fontibacter Kämpfer et al. 2010

Assigned by: Zhang J, Yang G, Zhou S, Wang Y, Yuan Y, Zhuang L. Fontibacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an Fe(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:925-929.

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Record number: 790612