Genus Thermithiobacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Thermithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Thermithiobacillaceae Garrity et al. 2005).
Type species: ¤ Thermithiobacillus tepidarius (Wood and Kelly 1985) Kelly and Wood 2000.
Etymology: L. pl. n. thermae, warm baths; Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Thermithiobacillus, warmth-loving sulfur rodlet.
Valid publication: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 511-516.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus Watanabe et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) wk12=NBRC 111508=DSM 101799.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC088006.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. neut. n. plumbum, lead; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos, -ecirc; -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. plumbiphilus, loving lead.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: WATANABE, T., MIURA, A., SHINOHARA, A., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2016. Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from lead sulfide. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1986-1989.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermithiobacillus tepidarius (Wood and Kelly 1985) Kelly and Wood 2000, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 43215= DSM 3134.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ459801.
Basonym: ¤ Thiobacillus tepidarius Wood and Kelly 1985.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. tepidarius, of or belonging to tepid water or to a tepid bath.
Valid publication: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 511-516.
Original article in IJSEM Online