Name: "Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum" Tyson et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ro.di.a.zo.tro’phum. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. pref. ferro-, referring to ferrous ions (keeps -o); N.L. diazo, referring to dinitrogen; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -trophum, living on; N.L. neut. adj. ferrodiazotrophum, living on ferrous ions and dinitrogen

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1181; UBA 1

16S rRNA gene: EF065178 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tyson GW, Lo I, Baker BJ, Allen EE, Hugenholtz P, Banfield JF. Genome-directed isolation of the key nitrogen fixer Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum sp. nov. from an acidophilic microbial community. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:6319-6324.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Leptospirillum (ex Markosyan 1972) Hippe 2000

Assigned by: Tyson GW, Lo I, Baker BJ, Allen EE, Hugenholtz P, Banfield JF. Genome-directed isolation of the key nitrogen fixer Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum sp. nov. from an acidophilic microbial community. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:6319-6324.

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Record number: 801021