Name: Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus Zavarzina et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.hy.dri’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. ferrihydritum, ferrihydrite; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. ferrihydriticus, pertaining to ferrihydrite, weakly crystalline iron hydroxyde, which is reduced by the species

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 17813; VKM B-2401; Z-0531

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ309326 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zavarzina DG, Kolganova TV, Bulygina ES, Kostrikina NA, Turova TP, Zavarzin GA. [Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake]. Mikrobiologiia 2006; 75:775-785.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007. Publication: Zavarzina DG, Kolganova TV, Bulygina ES, Kostrikina NA, Turova TP, Zavarzin GA. [Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake]. Mikrobiologiia 2006; 75:775-785.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Geoalkalibacter Zavarzina et al. 2007

Assigned by: Zavarzina DG, Kolganova TV, Bulygina ES, Kostrikina NA, Turova TP, Zavarzin GA. [Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake]. Mikrobiologiia 2006; 75:775-785.

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