Albidiferax

Albidiferax is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

Albidiferax
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Albidiferax
Species:
A. ferrireducens
Binomial name
Albidiferax ferrireducens
corrig. Ramana and Sasikala 2009s

Etymology

The name Albidiferax derives from:
Latin adjective albidus, whitish, white; Latin adjective ferax, fertile; New Latin masculine gender noun Albidiferax, whitish and fertile.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely Albidiferax ferrireducens ( corrig. (Finneran et al. 2003) Ramana and Sasikala 2009, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun ferrum, iron; Latin participle adjective reducens (from Latin v. reducere), leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; New Latin participle adjective ferrireducens, iron-reducing (converting iron to a reduced oxidation state).)[3]

See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. Albidiferax entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. Oren, A.; Garrity, G. M. (2009). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (11): 2647–2648. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.019521-0. PMC 5817221. PMID 28891789.


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