Name: Thauera humireducens Yang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi.re.du.cens. L. fem. n. humus, soil, used to refer to humic substances; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back (to a reduced oxidation state); N.L. part. adj. humireducens, converting humic substances to a reduced oxidation state

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC M 2011497; DSM 100429; KACC 16524; SgZ-1

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16S rRNA gene: JQ038037 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang GQ, Zhang J, Kwon SW, Zhou SG, Han LC, Chen M, Ma C, Zhuang L. Thauera humireducens sp. nov., a humus-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:873-878.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thauera Macy et al. 1993

Assigned by: Yang GQ, Zhang J, Kwon SW, Zhou SG, Han LC, Chen M, Ma C, Zhuang L. Thauera humireducens sp. nov., a humus-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:873-878.

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