Name: Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens Slobodkin et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ri.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. neut. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing (ferric) iron

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 11255; JW/AS-Y7; VKM B-2392

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16S rRNA gene: U76363 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkin A, Reysenbach AL, Strutz N, Dreier M, Wiegel J. Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a continental hot spring. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:541-547.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Carboxydothermus ferrireducens (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Slobodkin et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Carboxydothermus ferrireducens (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Slobodkin et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermoterrabacterium Slobodkin et al. 1997. Publication: Slobodkin A, Reysenbach AL, Strutz N, Dreier M, Wiegel J. Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a continental hot spring. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:541-547.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thermoterrabacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermoterrabacterium Slobodkin et al. 1997

Assigned by: Slobodkin A, Reysenbach AL, Strutz N, Dreier M, Wiegel J. Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a continental hot spring. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:541-547.

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