Name: "Hydrosulfovibrio ferrireducens" Zhang et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. part. adj. ferrireducens, converting ferric to ferrous iron, referring to the ability of the type strain to reduce ferric oxides as a dissimilatory anaerobic respiration process, H. f

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fer-ri-re-DU-kens, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CB1MN; DSM 117064; MCCC 1K08991

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Original publication: Zhang H, Voskuhl L, Hassoun M, Brauer VS, Dannehl A, Kaspareit YM, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU. The chemolithoautotrophic bacterium CB1MN can utilize hydrogen and sulfur as electron donors with ferric iron as electron acceptor. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 2025; 198:105988. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Hydrosulfovibrio" Zhang et al. 2025. Publication: Zhang H, Voskuhl L, Hassoun M, Brauer VS, Dannehl A, Kaspareit YM, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU. The chemolithoautotrophic bacterium CB1MN can utilize hydrogen and sulfur as electron donors with ferric iron as electron acceptor. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 2025; 198:105988. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: "Hydrosulfovibrio" Zhang et al. 2025

Assigned by: Zhang H, Voskuhl L, Hassoun M, Brauer VS, Dannehl A, Kaspareit YM, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU. The chemolithoautotrophic bacterium CB1MN can utilize hydrogen and sulfur as electron donors with ferric iron as electron acceptor. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 2025; 198:105988. 🇩🇪

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