Genus Dissulfuribacter
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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").
Dissulfuribacter Slobodkin et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Dissulfuribacter thermophilus Slobodkin et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. inseparable particle dis, in two; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Dissulfuribacter, a rod that disproportionates sulfur.
Valid publication: SLOBODKIN (A.I.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), SLOBODKINA (G.B.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Dissulfuribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. a thermophilic, autotrophic, sulfur-disproportionating, deeply branching deltaproteobacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1967-1971.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Dissulfuribacter thermophilus Slobodkin et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S69 = DSM 25762 = VKM B-2760.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ414031.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat loving.
Valid publication: SLOBODKIN (A.I.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), SLOBODKINA (G.B.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Dissulfuribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. a thermophilic, autotrophic, sulfur-disproportionating, deeply branching deltaproteobacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1967-1971.
Original article in IJSEM Online