Genus Sulfurovum
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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").
Sulfurovum Inagaki et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. neut. n. ovum, egg; N.L. neut. n. Sulfurovum, sulfur (-oxidizing) egg.
Valid publication: INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1477-1482.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Sulfurovum Inagaki et al. 2004 emend. Mino et al. 2014.
Reference: MINO, S., KUDO, H., ARAI, T., SAWABE, T., TAKAI, K. and NAKAGAWA, S. 2014. Sulfurovum aggregans sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, thiosulfate-reducing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurovum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3195-3201.
Original article.
Sulfurovum aggregans Mino et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Monchim33=JCM 19824=DSM 27205.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB889689.
Etymology: L. part. adj. aggregans, aggregate forming.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: MINO, S., KUDO, H., ARAI, T., SAWABE, T., TAKAI, K. and NAKAGAWA, S. 2014. Sulfurovum aggregans sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, thiosulfate-reducing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurovum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3195-3201.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurovum denitrificans Mori et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) eps51=NBRC 102602=DSM 19611.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC322101.
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: MORI, K., YAMAGUCHI, K. and HANADA, S. 2018. Sulfurovum denitrificans sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing epsilonproteobacterium isolated from a hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2183-2187.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 42BKT = ATCC BAA-797 = JCM 12117.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB091292.
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. lithos, stone; Gr. adj. trophicos, nursing; tending, feeding; N.L. neut. adj. lithotrophicum, feeding on inorganic substrates.
Valid publication: INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1477-1482.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfurovum riftiae Giovannelli et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 1812E=DSM 101780=JCM 30810.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP896689.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. fem. gen. n. riftiae, of Riftia, a genus of annelid polychaete from which the organism was isolated.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: GIOVANNELLI, D., CHUNG, M., STALEY, J., STAROVOYTOV, V., LE BRIS, N. and VETRIANI, C. 2016. Sulfurovum riftiae sp. nov., a mesophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing, nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophic epsilonproteobacterium isolated from the tube of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete Riftia pachyptila. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2697-2701.
Original article in IJSEM Online