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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Sulfurospirillum carboxydovorans"

Name: "Sulfurospirillum carboxydovorans" Jensen and Finster 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.bo.xy.do’vo.rans. N.L. neut. adj. carboxydum, carbon monoxide; L. v. voro, to devour, consume; N.L. neut. part. adj. carboxydovorans, consuming carbon monoxide

Pronunciation, gender: kar-bo-xy-DO-wo-rans, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-937; DSM 16295; MV

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY740528 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Jensen A, Finster K. Isolation and characterization of Sulfurospirillum carboxydovorans sp. nov., a new microaerophilic carbon monoxide oxidizing epsilon Proteobacterium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2005; 87:339-353.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Sulfurospirillum Schumacher et al. 1993

Assigned by: Jensen A, Finster K. Isolation and characterization of Sulfurospirillum carboxydovorans sp. nov., a new microaerophilic carbon monoxide oxidizing epsilon Proteobacterium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2005; 87:339-353.

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Record number: 782330
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