Name: Sinirhodobacter ferrireducens corrig. Yang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. masc. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing iron

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fer-ri-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012026; KACC 16603; SgZ-3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX113682 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yang G, Chen M, Zhou S, Liu Z, Yuan Y. Sinorhodobacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic iron-reducing bacterium closely related to phototrophic Rhodobacter species. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:715-724. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 183. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2707-2709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Rhodobacter ferrireducens (Yang et al. 2018) Huang et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sinorhodobacter ferrireducens Yang et al. 2018	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Rhodobacter ferrireducens (Yang et al. 2018) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paenirhodobacter ferrireducens (Yang et al. 2018) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sinirhodobacter corrig. Yang et al. 2018. Publication: Yang G, Chen M, Zhou S, Liu Z, Yuan Y. Sinorhodobacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic iron-reducing bacterium closely related to phototrophic Rhodobacter species. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:715-724. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Sinirhodobacter ferrireducens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sinirhodobacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Sinirhodobacter corrig. Yang et al. 2018

Assigned by: Yang G, Chen M, Zhou S, Liu Z, Yuan Y. Sinorhodobacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-phototrophic iron-reducing bacterium closely related to phototrophic Rhodobacter species. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:715-724. 🇨🇳

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