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Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Rhodoferax lithotrophicus

Name: Rhodoferax lithotrophicus Kato et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.cus. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending; N.L. masc. adj. lithotrophicus, grows lithotrophically

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 113266; JCM 34246; MIZ03

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC658658 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kato S, Itoh T, Iino T, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M. Rhodoferax lithotrophicus sp. nov., a neutrophilic iron-oxidizing and -reducing bacterium isolated from iron-rich freshwater sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6439.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6461.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodoferax Hiraishi et al. 1992

Assigned by: Kato S, Itoh T, Iino T, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M. Rhodoferax lithotrophicus sp. nov., a neutrophilic iron-oxidizing and -reducing bacterium isolated from iron-rich freshwater sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6439.

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Record number: 49998
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