Name: Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum Slobodkin et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri’phi.lum. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. ferriphilum, iron-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 16624; SB91; VKM B-2348

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16S rRNA gene: GQ461826 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkin AI, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM, German KE, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Birkeland NK. Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:369-372.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tepidimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2006. Publication: Slobodkin AI, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM, German KE, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Birkeland NK. Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:369-372.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Tepidimicrobium Slobodkin et al. 2006

Assigned by: Slobodkin AI, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM, German KE, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Birkeland NK. Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:369-372.

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Record number: 782410