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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sphaerotilus uruguayifluvii

Name: Sphaerotilus uruguayifluvii Machin et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.ru.gu.ay.i.flu’vi.i. N.L. masc. adj. uruguayi, of Uruguay; L. gen. masc. n. fluvii, of a river; N.L. gen. masc. n. uruguayifluvii, refers to the Uruguay River, the place from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … u-ru-gu-ay-i-FLU-wi-i, masculine

Type strain: C29; CCM 9043; DSM 113250

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN007170 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Machin EV, Roldan DM, Menes RJ. Sphaerotilus uruguayifluvii sp. nov., a novel filamentous bacterium isolated from river water. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:96. 🇺🇾

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Sphaerotilus Kützing 1833 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Machin EV, Roldan DM, Menes RJ. Sphaerotilus uruguayifluvii sp. nov., a novel filamentous bacterium isolated from river water. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:96. 🇺🇾

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Record number: 57205
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