Name: Fusibacter fontis Fadhlaoui et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon’tis. L. gen. masc. n. fontis, of a spring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 28450; JCM 19912; KhalAKB1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LM999901 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Fauque G, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter fontis sp. nov., a sulfur-reducing, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a mesothermic Tunisian spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3501-3506.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999

Assigned by: Fadhlaoui K, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Fauque G, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter fontis sp. nov., a sulfur-reducing, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a mesothermic Tunisian spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3501-3506.

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Record number: 793321