Name: Sedimenticola selenatireducens Narasingarao and Häggblom 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.le.na.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. selenas (gen. selenatis), selenate; L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. masc. part. adj. selenatireducens, reducing selenate

Pronunciation, gender: se-le-na-ti-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: AK4OH1; ATCC BAA-1233; DSM 17993

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16S rRNA gene: AF432145 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Narasingarao P, Haggblom MM. Sedimenticola selenatireducens, gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic selenate-respiring bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:382-388.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 112. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2507-2508.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Flood et al. 2015 Flood BE, Jones DS, Bailey JV. Sedimenticola thiotaurini sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from salt marsh sediments, and emended descriptions of the genus Sedimenticola and Sedimenticola selenatireducens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2522-2530. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sedimenticola Narasingarao and Häggblom 2006. Publication: Narasingarao P, Haggblom MM. Sedimenticola selenatireducens, gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic selenate-respiring bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:382-388.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
  • 🧍 The culture collection accession number DSM 17993 has been provided on request for validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.
  • 🧍 The epithet selenatireducens is a "N.L. part. adj.", not a "L. part. adj." as cited in the effective publication. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Sedimenticola Narasingarao and Häggblom 2006

Assigned by: Narasingarao P, Haggblom MM. Sedimenticola selenatireducens, gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic selenate-respiring bacterium isolated from estuarine sediment. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:382-388.

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