Genus Sulfurisoma
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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").
Sulfurisoma Kojima and Fukui 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfurisoma sediminicola Kojima and Fukui 2014.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; Gr. neut. n. soma, body; N.L. neut. n. Sulfurisoma, sulfur-oxidizing body.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2014. Sulfurisoma sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultative autotroph isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1587-1592.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurisoma sediminicola Kojima and Fukui 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BSN1=DSM 26916=NBRC 109412.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB842427.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. n. sedimen -inis, sediment; L. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. sediminicola, sediment-dweller, referring to the source of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2014. Sulfurisoma sediminicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultative autotroph isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1587-1592.
Original article in IJSEM Online