Name: Fusibacter bizertensis Smii et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.zert.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. bizertensis, of or belonging to Bizerte, a town in the north of Tunisia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 28034; JCM 19376; LTF Kr01

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16S rRNA gene: KJ420408 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Smii L, Ben Hania W, Cayol JL, Joseph M, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter bizertensis sp. nov., isolated from a corroded kerosene storage tank. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:117-121.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999

Assigned by: Smii L, Ben Hania W, Cayol JL, Joseph M, Hamdi M, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Fusibacter bizertensis sp. nov., isolated from a corroded kerosene storage tank. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:117-121.

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Record number: 792439