Name: Proteinivorax hydrogeniformans Boltyanskaya et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni.for’mans. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. neut. part. adj. hydrogeniformans, hydrogen-forming

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 102085; VKM B-3042; Z-710

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16S rRNA gene: KU933341 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boltyanskaya Y, Detkova E, Pimenov N, Kevbrin V. Proteinivorax hydrogeniformans sp. nov., an anaerobic, haloalkaliphilic bacterium fermenting proteinaceous compounds with high hydrogen production. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:275-284.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Proteinivorax Kevbrin et al. 2014

Assigned by: Boltyanskaya Y, Detkova E, Pimenov N, Kevbrin V. Proteinivorax hydrogeniformans sp. nov., an anaerobic, haloalkaliphilic bacterium fermenting proteinaceous compounds with high hydrogen production. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:275-284.

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Record number: 797982