Name: Geosporobacter ferrireducens Hong et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. masc. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing iron

Gender: masculine

Type strain: IRF9; JCM 19987; KCTC 15395

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16S rRNA gene: KF601937 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hong H, Kim SJ, Min UG, Lee YJ, Kim SG, Jung MY, Seo YS, Rhee SK. Geosporobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic iron-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:971-977.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007

Assigned by: Hong H, Kim SJ, Min UG, Lee YJ, Kim SG, Jung MY, Seo YS, Rhee SK. Geosporobacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic iron-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:971-977.

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Record number: 18917