Species Seleniivibrio woodruffii

Name: Seleniivibrio woodruffii Rauschenbach et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: wood.ruf’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. woodruffii, of Woodruff, named in honour of Dr H. Boyd Woodruff, a Rutgers University alumnus, for his lifetime dedicated to the advancement of science and his contributions to soil and microbiology and the discovery of natural products important to human and animal health and agriculture

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: se-le-ni-i-WI-bri-o wood-RUF-fi-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2290; DSM 24984; S4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN107635 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rauschenbach I, Posternak V, Cantarella P, McConnell J, Starovoytov V, Haggblom MM. Seleniivibrio woodruffii gen. nov., sp. nov., a selenate- and arsenate-respiring bacterium in the Deferribacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3659-3665. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013. Publication: Rauschenbach I, Posternak V, Cantarella P, McConnell J, Starovoytov V, Haggblom MM. Seleniivibrio woodruffii gen. nov., sp. nov., a selenate- and arsenate-respiring bacterium in the Deferribacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3659-3665. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013

Assigned by: Rauschenbach I, Posternak V, Cantarella P, McConnell J, Starovoytov V, Haggblom MM. Seleniivibrio woodruffii gen. nov., sp. nov., a selenate- and arsenate-respiring bacterium in the Deferribacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3659-3665. 🇺🇸

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