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

Pronunciation, gender: ar-se-NO-p^hi-lum, 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". — 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.

Parent taxon: "Geospirillum" Lonergan et al. 1996

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