Genus Sulfuriflexus
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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").
Sulfuriflexus Kojima and Fuji 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfuriflexus mobilis Kojima and Fuji 2016.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. masc. n. flexus, a bending; N.L. masc. n. Sulfuriflexus, sulfur-oxidizing bending.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2016. Sulfuriflexus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a brackish lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3515-3518.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfuriflexus mobilis Kojima and Fuji 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) aks1=DSM 102939=NBRC 111889.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC131141.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. mobilis, movable, motile.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2016. Sulfuriflexus mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a brackish lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3515-3518.
Original article in IJSEM Online