Name: "Orenia metallireducens" Dong et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal’li.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. metallum, metal; L. pres. part. reducens, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. metallireducens, reducing metal

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2645; JCM 31419; Z6

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16S rRNA gene: KP898732 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dong Y, Sanford RA, Boyanov MI, Kemner KM, Flynn TM, O'Loughlin EJ, Chang YJ, Locke RAJ, Weber JR, Egan SM, et al. Orenia metallireducens sp. nov. Strain Z6, a Novel Metal-Reducing Member of the Phylum Firmicutes from the Deep Subsurface. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:6440-6453.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Orenia Rainey and Stackebrandt 1995

Assigned by: Dong Y, Sanford RA, Boyanov MI, Kemner KM, Flynn TM, O'Loughlin EJ, Chang YJ, Locke RAJ, Weber JR, Egan SM, et al. Orenia metallireducens sp. nov. Strain Z6, a Novel Metal-Reducing Member of the Phylum Firmicutes from the Deep Subsurface. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:6440-6453.

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Record number: 1546