Name: Mariprofundus ferrooxydans Emerson et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ro.ox’y.dans. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sour; N.L. v. oxydo, to sour, oxidize; N.L. part. adj. ferrooxydans, iron-oxidizing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1020; DSM 23021; PV-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF493243 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Emerson D, Rentz JA, Lilburn TG, Davis RE, Aldrich H, Chan C, Moyer CL. A novel lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities. PLoS One 2007; 2:e667.

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 Mariprofundus Emerson et al. 2010. Publication: Emerson D, Rentz JA, Lilburn TG, Davis RE, Aldrich H, Chan C, Moyer CL. A novel lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities. PLoS One 2007; 2:e667.
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • The accession number DSM 23021 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. In the effective publication (PDF file), the strain ATCC BAA-1020 is erroneously cited as ATCC BAA-2019. 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: Mariprofundus Emerson et al. 2010

Assigned by: Emerson D, Rentz JA, Lilburn TG, Davis RE, Aldrich H, Chan C, Moyer CL. A novel lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities. PLoS One 2007; 2:e667.

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