Name: Desulfurella amilsii Florentino et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mils’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. amilsii, of Amils, named after Ricardo Amils, a Spanish microbiologist, in recognition of his contribution to the understanding of Tinto River microbial ecology

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 29984; JCM 30680; TR1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN624414 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Florentino AP, Brienza C, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. Desulfurella amilsii sp. nov., a novel acidotolerant sulfur-respiring bacterium isolated from acidic river sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1249-1253.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfurella Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Assigned by: Florentino AP, Brienza C, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. Desulfurella amilsii sp. nov., a novel acidotolerant sulfur-respiring bacterium isolated from acidic river sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1249-1253.

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Record number: 793962