Genus Sulfurivermis
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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").
Sulfurivermis Kojima et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfurivermis fontis Kojima et al. 2017.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. masc. n. vermis, worm. N.L. masc. n. Sulfurivermis, sulfur-oxidizing worm.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H., WATANABE, M. and FUKUI, M. 2017. Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3458-3461.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurivermis fontis Kojima et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JG42=DSM 104776=NBRC 112696.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC225746.
Etymology: L. masc. gen. n. fontis, of a spring.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: KOJIMA, H., WATANABE, M. and FUKUI, M. 2017. Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3458-3461.
Original article in IJSEM Online