Name: Rhizomicrobium electricum Kodama and Watanabe 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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)

Pronunciation, gender: e-LEK-tri-kum, neuter

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

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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Record number: 789391