Name: Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans Muller et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.nic.ox’y.dans. N.L. neut. adj. arsenicum, arsenic; N.L. inf. v. oxydare, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. arsenicoxydans, arsenic-oxidizing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 7303; DSM 17148; LMG 22961; ULPAs1

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16S rRNA gene: AY728038 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Muller D, Simeonova DD, Riegel P, Mangenot S, Koechler S, Lievremont D, Bertin PN, Lett MC. Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans sp. nov., a metalloresistant bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1765-1769.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The Latin word arsenicum, which appears in the etymology, is a "L. n"., not a "N.L. n." as cited by Muller et al. 2006. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Herminiimonas Fernandes et al. 2005

Assigned by: Muller D, Simeonova DD, Riegel P, Mangenot S, Koechler S, Lievremont D, Bertin PN, Lett MC. Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans sp. nov., a metalloresistant bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1765-1769.

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Record number: 785313