Name: Kyrpidia spormannii Reiner et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spor.mann’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. spormannii, of Spormann, named in honor of Alfred M. Spormann, a German-American microbiologist, and in recognition of his work on the field microbial electrosynthesis and his 60th birthday

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCOS 1194; DSM 106492; EA-1

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16S rRNA gene: CP024955 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reiner JE, Jung T, Lapp CJ, Siedler M, Bunk B, Overmann J, Gescher J. Kyrpidia spormannii sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing, facultative autotroph, isolated from hydrothermal systems at Sao Miguel Island, and emended description of the genus Kyrpidia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3735-3740.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Kyrpidia Klenk et al. 2012

Assigned by: Reiner JE, Jung T, Lapp CJ, Siedler M, Bunk B, Overmann J, Gescher J. Kyrpidia spormannii sp. nov., a thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing, facultative autotroph, isolated from hydrothermal systems at Sao Miguel Island, and emended description of the genus Kyrpidia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3735-3740.

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Record number: 798005