Name: Halarsenatibacter silvermanii Switzer Blum et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sil.ver.man’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. silvermanii, of Silverman, to honor the American microbiologist Melvin P. Silverman of NASA [Ames Research Center] for his contributions to the field of geomicrobiology, especially with regard to the metabolism of inorganic iron and sulfur compounds by extremophilic bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1651; DSM 21684; SLAS-1

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16S rRNA gene: AY965613 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Blum JS, Han S, Lanoil B, Saltikov C, Witte B, Tabita FR, Langley S, Beveridge TJ, Jahnke L, Oremland RS. Ecophysiology of "Halarsenatibacter silvermanii" strain SLAS-1T, gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultative chemoautotrophic arsenate respirer from salt-saturated Searles Lake, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:1950-1960.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 135. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1985-1986.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halarsenatibacter Switzer Blum et al. 2010. Publication: Blum JS, Han S, Lanoil B, Saltikov C, Witte B, Tabita FR, Langley S, Beveridge TJ, Jahnke L, Oremland RS. Ecophysiology of "Halarsenatibacter silvermanii" strain SLAS-1T, gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultative chemoautotrophic arsenate respirer from salt-saturated Searles Lake, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:1950-1960.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The accession number DSM 21684 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 135. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1985-1986.

Parent taxon: Halarsenatibacter Switzer Blum et al. 2010

Assigned by: Blum JS, Han S, Lanoil B, Saltikov C, Witte B, Tabita FR, Langley S, Beveridge TJ, Jahnke L, Oremland RS. Ecophysiology of "Halarsenatibacter silvermanii" strain SLAS-1T, gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultative chemoautotrophic arsenate respirer from salt-saturated Searles Lake, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:1950-1960.

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