Name: Fusibacter paucivorans Ravot et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci’vo.rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, few; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. masc. part. adj. paucivorans, intended to mean a bacterium that utilizes few substrates

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa͡u-KI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700852; DSM 12116; SEBR 4211

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16S rRNA gene: AF050099 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ravot G, Magot M, Fardeau ML, Patel BK, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1141-1147. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999. Publication: Ravot G, Magot M, Fardeau ML, Patel BK, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1141-1147. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999

Assigned by: Ravot G, Magot M, Fardeau ML, Patel BK, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1141-1147. 🇫🇷

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