Name: Sulfuriferula multivorans Watanabe et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring various substrates

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 29343; NBRC 110683; TTN

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC005593 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe T, Kojima H, Fukui M. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1504-1508.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfuriferula Watanabe et al. 2015. Publication: Watanabe T, Kojima H, Fukui M. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1504-1508.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfuriferula Watanabe et al. 2015

Assigned by: Watanabe T, Kojima H, Fukui M. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1504-1508.

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