Name: Tepidibacillus decaturensis Dong et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ca.tu.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. decaturensis, pertaining to Decatur, Illinois, USA

Pronunciation, gender: de-ka-tu-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2644; DSM 103037; Z9; Z9_1

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16S rRNA gene: KP898733 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dong Y, Sanford RA, Boyanov MI, Kemner KM, Flynn TM, O'Loughlin EJ, Locke RA, Weber JR, Egan SM, Fouke BW. Tepidibacillus decaturensis sp. nov., a microaerophilic, moderately thermophilic iron-reducing bacterium isolated from 1.7 km depth groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3964-3971.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tepidibacillus Slobodkina et al. 2014

Assigned by: Dong Y, Sanford RA, Boyanov MI, Kemner KM, Flynn TM, O'Loughlin EJ, Locke RA, Weber JR, Egan SM, Fouke BW. Tepidibacillus decaturensis sp. nov., a microaerophilic, moderately thermophilic iron-reducing bacterium isolated from 1.7 km depth groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3964-3971.

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Record number: 794662