Name: Pelosinus defluvii Moe et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. gen. neut. n. defluvii, of waste, because the first isolation source was groundwater from a site contaminated with hazardous waste

Gender: masculine

Type strain: LMG 25549; NRRL Y-59407; SHI-1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JF750007 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moe WM, Stebbing RE, Rao JU, Bowman KS, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1369-1376.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Pelosinus Shelobolina et al. 2007

Assigned by: Moe WM, Stebbing RE, Rao JU, Bowman KS, Nobre MF, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Pelosinus defluvii sp. nov., isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater, emended description of the genus Pelosinus and transfer of Sporotalea propionica to Pelosinus propionicus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1369-1376.

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