Name: Fusibacter bizertensis Smii et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.zer.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. bizertensis, of or belonging to Bizerte, a town in the north of Tunisia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bi-zer-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 28034; JCM 19376; LTF Kr01

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16S rRNA gene: KJ420408 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Smii L, Ben Hania W, Cayol JL, Joseph M, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter bizertensis sp. nov., isolated from a corroded kerosene storage tank. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:117-121. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999

Assigned by: Smii L, Ben Hania W, Cayol JL, Joseph M, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter bizertensis sp. nov., isolated from a corroded kerosene storage tank. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:117-121. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 792439