Species Sphaerotilus hippei

Name: Sphaerotilus hippei Gridneva et al. 2011

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: hip’pe.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hippei, of Hippe, named after H. Hippe, a German microbiologist, who isolated this strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sp^ha͡e-ro-TI-lus HIP-pe-i, masculine

Type strain: 566; ATCC 29330; DSM 566

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU591795 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gridneva E, Chernousova E, Dubinina G, Akimov V, Kuever J, Detkova E, Grabovich M. Taxonomic investigation of representatives of the genus Sphaerotilus: descriptions of Sphaerotilus montanus sp. nov., Sphaerotilus hippei sp. nov., Sphaerotilus natans subsp. natans subsp. nov. and Sphaerotilus natans subsp. sulfidivorans subsp. nov., and an emended description of the genus Sphaerotilus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:916-925. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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: Sphaerotilus Kützing 1833 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gridneva E, Chernousova E, Dubinina G, Akimov V, Kuever J, Detkova E, Grabovich M. Taxonomic investigation of representatives of the genus Sphaerotilus: descriptions of Sphaerotilus montanus sp. nov., Sphaerotilus hippei sp. nov., Sphaerotilus natans subsp. natans subsp. nov. and Sphaerotilus natans subsp. sulfidivorans subsp. nov., and an emended description of the genus Sphaerotilus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:916-925. 🇷🇺

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