Name: Pyrobaculum ferrireducens Slobodkina et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. neut. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing iron (III)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1860; DSM 28942; VKM B-2856

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16S rRNA gene: CP003098 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkina GB, Lebedinsky AV, Chernyh NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Pyrobaculum ferrireducens sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic Fe(III)-, selenate- and arsenate-reducing crenarchaeon isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:851-856.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pyrobaculum Huber et al. 1988

Assigned by: Slobodkina GB, Lebedinsky AV, Chernyh NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Pyrobaculum ferrireducens sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic Fe(III)-, selenate- and arsenate-reducing crenarchaeon isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:851-856.

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Record number: 792624