Name: Sphaerotilus montanus Gridneva et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.ta’nus. L. masc. adj. montanus, referring to a mountain, pertaining to an iron spring, located in the foothills of the North Caucasus, Russia, the place from where the strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 21226; HS; VKM B-2519

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16S rRNA gene: EU636006 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 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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Record number: 789174