Name: Fuchsiella ferrireducens Zhilina et al. 2015

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; from L. inf. v. reducere, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state, reducing; N.L. part. adj. ferrireducens, iron-reducing (converting iron to a reduced oxidation state)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 26031; VKM B-2766; Z-7101

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16S rRNA gene: JX566885 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzina DG, Detkova EN, Patutina EO, Kuznetsov BB. Fuchsiella ferrireducens sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphilic, lithoautotrophic homoacetogen capable of iron reduction, and emendation of the description of the genus Fuchsiella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2432-2440.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fuchsiella Zhilina et al. 2012

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Zavarzina DG, Detkova EN, Patutina EO, Kuznetsov BB. Fuchsiella ferrireducens sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphilic, lithoautotrophic homoacetogen capable of iron reduction, and emendation of the description of the genus Fuchsiella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2432-2440.

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