Name: "Geothermobacterium ferrireducens" Kashefi et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. neut. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing iron

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-426; FW-1a

16S rRNA gene: AF411013 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kashefi K, Holmes DE, Reysenbach AL, Lovley DR. Use of Fe(III) as an electron acceptor to recover previously uncultured hyperthermophiles: isolation and characterization of Geothermobacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:1735-1742.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Geothermobacterium" Kashefi et al. 2002. Publication: Kashefi K, Holmes DE, Reysenbach AL, Lovley DR. Use of Fe(III) as an electron acceptor to recover previously uncultured hyperthermophiles: isolation and characterization of Geothermobacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:1735-1742.

Parent taxon: "Geothermobacterium" Kashefi et al. 2002

Assigned by: Kashefi K, Holmes DE, Reysenbach AL, Lovley DR. Use of Fe(III) as an electron acceptor to recover previously uncultured hyperthermophiles: isolation and characterization of Geothermobacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:1735-1742.

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Record number: 800990