Name: Tellurimicrobium multivorans Pascual et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Ac_18_E7; DSM 26557; LMG 28656

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16S rRNA gene: KP334257 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pascual J, Wust PK, Geppert A, Foesel BU, Huber KJ, Overmann J. Novel isolates double the number of chemotrophic species and allow the first description of higher taxa in Acidobacteria subdivision 4. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:534-544.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tellurimicrobium Pascual et al. 2016. Publication: Pascual J, Wust PK, Geppert A, Foesel BU, Huber KJ, Overmann J. Novel isolates double the number of chemotrophic species and allow the first description of higher taxa in Acidobacteria subdivision 4. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:534-544.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Tellurimicrobium Pascual et al. 2016

Assigned by: Pascual J, Wust PK, Geppert A, Foesel BU, Huber KJ, Overmann J. Novel isolates double the number of chemotrophic species and allow the first description of higher taxa in Acidobacteria subdivision 4. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:534-544.

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Record number: 793895