Name: Fusibacter tunisiensis Ben Hania et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.ni.si.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tunisiensis, of or belonging to Tunisia, the country where the bacterium was first recovered

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tu-ni-si-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BELH1; DSM 24436; JCM 17481

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR851323 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ben Hania W, Fraj B, Postec A, Fadhlaoui K, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter tunisiensis sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic reactor used to treat olive-mill wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1365-1368. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999

Assigned by: Ben Hania W, Fraj B, Postec A, Fadhlaoui K, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter tunisiensis sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic reactor used to treat olive-mill wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1365-1368. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 789943