Genus Sulfurimonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfurimonas autotrophica Inagaki et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Sulfurimonas, sulfur-oxidizing rod.
Valid publication: INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), KOBAYASHI (H.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing ε-proteobacterium isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1801-1805.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003 emend. Takai et al. 2006.
Reference: TAKAI (K.), SUZUKI (M.), NAKAGAWA (S.), MIYAZAKI (M.), SUZUKI (Y.), INAGAKI (F.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurimonas paralvinellae sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest, reclassification of Thiomicrospira denitrificans as Sulfurimonas denitrificans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1725-1733.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003 emend. Takai et al. 2006 emend. Labrenz et al. 2013.
Reference: LABRENZ, M., GROTE, J., MAMMITZSCH, K., BOSCHKER, H. T. S., LAUE, M., JOST, G., GLAUBITZ, S. and JÜRGENS, K. 2013. Sulfurimonas gotlandica sp. nov., a chemoautotrophic and psychrotolerant epsilonproteobacterium isolated from a pelagic redoxcline, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4141-4148.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurimonas autotrophica Inagaki et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OK10 = ATCC BAA-671 = DSM 16294 = JCM 11897.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP002205 (complete genome).
Etymology: Gr. n. autos, self; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. autotrophica, autotroph.
Valid publication: INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), KOBAYASHI (H.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing ε-proteobacterium isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1801-1805.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurimonas denitrificans (Timmer-ten Hoor 1975) Takai et al. 2006, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33889= DSM 1251.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP000153.
Basonym: ¤ Thiomicrospira denitrificans Timmer-ten Hoor 1975 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrificare, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), SUZUKI (M.), NAKAGAWA (S.), MIYAZAKI (M.), SUZUKI (Y.), INAGAKI (F.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurimonas paralvinellae sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest, reclassification of Thiomicrospira denitrificans as Sulfurimonas denitrificans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1725-1733.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurimonas gotlandica Labrenz et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GD1=DSM 19862=JCM 16533.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AFRZ01000001.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. gotlandica, pertaining to the Gotland Deep, the basin in the central Baltic Sea from which the organism was first isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: LABRENZ, M., GROTE, J., MAMMITZSCH, K., BOSCHKER, H. T. S., LAUE, M., JOST, G., GLAUBITZ, S. and JÜRGENS, K. 2013. Sulfurimonas gotlandica sp. nov., a chemoautotrophic and psychrotolerant epsilonproteobacterium isolated from a pelagic redoxcline, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4141-4148.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurimonas paralvinellae Takai et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GO25 = DSM 17229 = JCM 13212.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB252048.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. paralvinellae, of Paralvinella, a genus of annelid polychaetes from which the organism was first isolated.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), SUZUKI (M.), NAKAGAWA (S.), MIYAZAKI (M.), SUZUKI (Y.), INAGAKI (F.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurimonas paralvinellae sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest, reclassification of Thiomicrospira denitrificans as Sulfurimonas denitrificans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1725-1733.
Original article in IJSEM Online