Name: Sporomusa aerivorans Boga et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ri.vo’rans. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. pres. part. vorans, digesting, devouring; N.L. part. adj. aerivorans, devouring air (oxygen), referring to the high capacity of the organism to reduce oxygen

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-625; DSM 13326; TmAO3

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16S rRNA gene: AJ506191 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Boga HI, Ludwig W, Brune A. Sporomusa aerivorans sp. nov., an oxygen-reducing homoacetogenic bacterium from the gut of a soil-feeding termite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1397-1404.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sporomusa Möller et al. 1985

Assigned by: Boga HI, Ludwig W, Brune A. Sporomusa aerivorans sp. nov., an oxygen-reducing homoacetogenic bacterium from the gut of a soil-feeding termite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1397-1404.

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Record number: 781127