Name: Sulfurospirillum diekertiae Jin et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: die.ker’ti.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. diekertiae, of Diekert, in honour of Dr. Gabriele Diekert for her pioneering role in developing Sulfurospirillum multivorans as a model organism to advance our knowledge of the genetics and biochemistry in the field of organohalide respiration

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … die-KER-ti-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: ACSDCE; CGMCC 1.5292; JCM 33349; KCTC 15819

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16S rRNA gene: OP131932 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jin H, Huo L, Yang Y, Lv Y, Wang J, Maillard J, Holliger C, Loffler FE, Yan J. Sulfurospirillum diekertiae sp. nov., a tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5693. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Sulfurospirillum diekertiae" Buttet et al. 2018.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sulfurospirillum Schumacher et al. 1993

Assigned by: Jin H, Huo L, Yang Y, Lv Y, Wang J, Maillard J, Holliger C, Loffler FE, Yan J. Sulfurospirillum diekertiae sp. nov., a tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5693. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 36112