Name: Pelagirhabdus fermentum (Zhilina et al. 2002) Sultanpuram et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Amphibacillus fermentum Zhilina et al. 2002

Etymology: fer.men’tum. L. neut. n. fermentum, that which causes fermentation, ferment (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: fer-MEN-tum, feminine

Type strain: DSM 13869; UNIQEM 216; Z-7984

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16S rRNA gene: AF418603 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. Pelagirhabdus alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkali-tolerant and thermotolerant bacterium isolated from beach sediment, and reclassification of Amphibacillus fermentum as Pelagirhabdus fermentum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:84-90.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Amphibacillus fermentum Zhilina et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to the Validation List 85, IJSEM (2002), 52, 685–690, the UNIQEM collection number of the type strain is Uniqem 210. This, however, is the type strain of Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum Zavarzina et al. 2002. The correct number is Uniqem 216 (A. Mulyukin, Curator of UNIQEM collection, pers. comm. Nov 2016). Publication: Zavarzina DG, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1737-1743.

Parent taxon: Pelagirhabdus Sultanpuram et al. 2016

Assigned by: Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. Pelagirhabdus alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkali-tolerant and thermotolerant bacterium isolated from beach sediment, and reclassification of Amphibacillus fermentum as Pelagirhabdus fermentum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:84-90.

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