Genus Sulfuricella
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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").
Sulfuricella Kojima and Fukui 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfuricella denitrificans Kojima and Fukui 2010.
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. fem. n. cella, a small room and, in biology, a cell; N.L. fem. n. Sulfuricella, sulfur(-oxidizing) cell.
Valid publication: KOJIMA (H.) and FUKUI (M.): Sulfuricella denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2862-2866.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfuricella denitrificans Kojima and Fukui 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) skB26 = DSM 22764 = NBRC 105220.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB506456.
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Valid publication: KOJIMA (H.) and FUKUI (M.): Sulfuricella denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2862-2866.
Original article in IJSEM Online