Name: Rhizomicrobium electricum Kodama and Watanabe 2011
Etymology: e.lec’tri.cum. L. neut. n. electrum, amber; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. electricum, referring to generation of electricity (a physical force so called because it first was generated by rubbing amber)
Type strain: DSM 21034; JCM 15089; KCTC 5806; Mfc52
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16S rRNA gene: AB365487 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Kodama Y, Watanabe K. Rhizomicrobium electricum sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, fermentative, prosthecate bacterium isolated from a cellulose-fed microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1781-1785.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Rhizomicrobium Ueki et al. 2010
Assigned by: Kodama Y, Watanabe K. Rhizomicrobium electricum sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, fermentative, prosthecate bacterium isolated from a cellulose-fed microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1781-1785.
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