Genus Sulfuriferula
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Sulfuriferula Watanabe et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfuriferula multivorans Watanabe et al. 2015.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. fem. n. ferula, a stick, cane; N.L. fem. n. Sulfuriferula, sulfur-oxidizing stick.
Valid publication: WATANABE, T., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2015. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1504-1508.
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Sulfuriferula multivorans Watanabe et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TTN=NBRC 110683=DSM 29343.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC005593.
Etymology: L. adj. multus, many; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring various substrates.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: WATANABE, T., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2015. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1504-1508.
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Sulfuriferula plumbiphilus Watanabe et al. 2015, sp. nov. corrig. Watanabe et al. 2016
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Gro7=NBRC 107929=DSM 6690.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: NR_114805.
Etymology: L. n. plumbum, lead; Gr. verb. philein, to love; M.L. adj. plumbophilus, loving lead, referring to its ability to grow with PbS as the sole energy source.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: WATANABE, T., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2015. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1504-1508.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Based on Rule 12c, Rule 61 and Appendix 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes, Watanabe et al. 2016 corrected the connecting vowel in the specific epithet from -o- to -i-. Etymology: L. neut. n. plumbum, lead; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos, -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. plumbiphila, loving lead, referring to its ability to grow with PbS as the sole energy source.
Reference: WATANABE, T., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2016. Sulfuriferula thiophila sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, and correction of the name Sulfuriferula plumbophilus Watanabe, Kojima and Fukui 2015 to Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2041-2045.
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Sulfuriferula thiophila Watanabe et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) mst6=NBRC 111150=DSM 101871.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC115045.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos, -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. n. thiophila, sulfur-loving.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: WATANABE, T., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2016. Sulfuriferula thiophila sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, and correction of the name Sulfuriferula plumbophilus Watanabe, Kojima and Fukui 2015 to Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2041-2045.
Original article in IJSEM Online