Genus Dethiosulfatibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Dethiosulfatibacter Takii et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans Takii et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; N.L. n. thiosulfas -atis, thiosulfate; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Dethiosulfatibacter, a rod-shaped thiosulfate-reducer.
Valid publication: TAKII (S.), HANADA (S.), TAMAKI (H.), UENO (Y.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), IBE (A.) and MATSUURA (K.): Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediment via sulfate-reducing enrichment with Casamino acids. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2320-2326.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans Takii et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) C/G2 = DSM 17477 = JCM 13356 = NBRC 101112.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB218661.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. aminum, amine; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. aminovorans, devouring amino acids.
Valid publication: TAKII (S.), HANADA (S.), TAMAKI (H.), UENO (Y.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), IBE (A.) and MATSUURA (K.): Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediment via sulfate-reducing enrichment with Casamino acids. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2320-2326.
Original article in IJSEM Online