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. part. adj. selenatireducens, reducing selenate

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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