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. — 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 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