Name: Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. sulfurreducens (Caccavo et al. 1995) Viulu et al. 2014

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Geobacter sulfurreducens Caccavo et al. 1995

Etymology: sul.fur.re’du.cens. L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. part. adj. sulfurreducens, reducing sulfur

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51573; DSM 12127; PCA

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Effective publication: Viulu S, Nakamura K, Kojima A, Yoshiyasu Y, Saitou S, Takamizawa K. Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus, subsp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a lotus field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:325-334.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus Viulu et al. 2014 according to rule 40d. Publication: Viulu S, Nakamura K, Kojima A, Yoshiyasu Y, Saitou S, Takamizawa K. Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus, subsp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a lotus field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:325-334.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Geobacter sulfurreducens Caccavo et al. 1995

Assigned by: Viulu S, Nakamura K, Kojima A, Yoshiyasu Y, Saitou S, Takamizawa K. Geobacter sulfurreducens subsp. ethanolicus, subsp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a lotus field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:325-334.

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Record number: 791922