Name: Phreatobacter cathodiphilus Kim et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.tho.di’phi.lus. Gr. fem. n. kathodos, way down, in the sense of a negatively charged electrode; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. cathodiphilus, loving cathodes, referring to isolation of the type strain from cathodes of microbial fuel cell

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 31612; KACC 18497; S-12

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16S rRNA gene: MH032761 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SJ, Ahn JH, Heo J, Cho H, Weon HY, Hong SB, Kim JS, Kwon SW. Phreatobacter cathodiphilus sp. nov., isolated from a cathode of a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2855-2859.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Phreatobacter Tóth et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kim SJ, Ahn JH, Heo J, Cho H, Weon HY, Hong SB, Kim JS, Kwon SW. Phreatobacter cathodiphilus sp. nov., isolated from a cathode of a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2855-2859.

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Record number: 797825