Genus Thermodesulfatator
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Thermodesulfatator Moussard et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermodesulfatator indicus Moussard et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. desulfatator, sulfate-reducer; N.L. masc. n. Thermodesulfatator, thermophile sulfate-reducer.
Valid publication: MOUSSARD (H.), L'HARIDON (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), BANTA (A.), SCHUMANN (P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), REYSENBACH (A.L.) and JEANTHON (C.): Thermodesulfatator indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the Central Indian Ridge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 227-233.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Thermos is a Gr. adj., not a Gr. masc. n. (Gr. masc. n. thermos heat [sic]) as cited in the paper by Moussard et al. 2004.
Thermodesulfatator atlanticus Alain et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AT1325 = DSM 21156 = JCM 15391.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU435435.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. atlanticus, Atlantic, from the Atlantic Ocean, referring to the site of isolation of the type strain.
Valid publication: ALAIN (K.), POSTEC (A.), GRINSARD (E.), LESONGEUR (F.), PRIEUR (D.) and GODFROY (A.): Thermodesulfatator atlanticus sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 33-38.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermodesulfatator autotrophicus Lai et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S606=DSM 101864=MCCC 1A01871.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU681513.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: SFI00000000.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. autotrophicus, autotroph.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LAI, Q., CAO, J., DUPONT, S., SHAO, Z., JEBBAR, M. and ALAIN, K. 2016. Thermodesulfatator autotrophicus sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3978-3982.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermodesulfatator indicus Moussard et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CIR29812 = DSM 15286 = JCM 11887.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF393376, CP002683 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. masc. adj. indicus, of India, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: MOUSSARD (H.), L'HARIDON (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), BANTA (A.), SCHUMANN (P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), REYSENBACH (A.L.) and JEANTHON (C.): Thermodesulfatator indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the Central Indian Ridge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 227-233.
Original article in IJSEM Online