Name: "Geospirillum arsenophilum" Heising et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.no.phi.lum. N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, loving; N.L. neut. adj. arsenophilum, arsenic loving

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Heising S, Richter L, Ludwig W, Schink B. Chlorobium ferrooxidans sp. nov., a phototrophic green sulfur bacterium that oxidizes ferrous iron in coculture with a "Geospirillum" sp. strain. Arch Microbiol 1999; 172:116-124.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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".

Parent taxon: [Geospirillum]

Assigned by: Heising S, Richter L, Ludwig W, Schink B. Chlorobium ferrooxidans sp. nov., a phototrophic green sulfur bacterium that oxidizes ferrous iron in coculture with a "Geospirillum" sp. strain. Arch Microbiol 1999; 172:116-124.

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Record number: 11529