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. part. adj. paucivorans, intended to mean a bacterium that utilizes few substrates

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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