Name: Pelobacter seleniigenes Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.le.ni.i’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. selenium, selenium (Se); Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. part. adj. seleniigenes, selenium-producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1388; DSM 18267; KM

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ991964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Narasingarao P, Haggblom MM. Pelobacter seleniigenes sp. nov., a selenate-respiring bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1937-1942.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Seleniibacterium seleniigenes (Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007) Waite et al. 2020	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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983

Assigned by: Narasingarao P, Haggblom MM. Pelobacter seleniigenes sp. nov., a selenate-respiring bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1937-1942.

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Record number: 786701