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Genus Sulfuriflexus

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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

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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

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