Name: Geovibrio ferrireducens Caccavo et al. 2000

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. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing iron

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51996; PAL-1

16S rRNA gene: X95744 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Caccavo FJ, Coates JD, Rossello-Mora RA, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Lovley DR, McInerney MJ. Geovibrio ferrireducens, a phylogenetically distinct dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1996; 165:370-376.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000. Publication: Caccavo FJ, Coates JD, Rossello-Mora RA, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Lovley DR, McInerney MJ. Geovibrio ferrireducens, a phylogenetically distinct dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1996; 165:370-376.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000

Assigned by: Caccavo FJ, Coates JD, Rossello-Mora RA, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Lovley DR, McInerney MJ. Geovibrio ferrireducens, a phylogenetically distinct dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1996; 165:370-376.

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Record number: 783905