Genus Thermodesulfitimonas
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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").
Thermodesulfitimonas Slobodkina et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermodesulfitimonas autotrophica Slobodkina et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, warm, hot; L. pref. de, from, off, away; N.L. n. sulfis -itis, sulfite; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Thermodesulfitimonas, thermophilic sulfite-reducing body.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA, G. B., BASLEROV, R. V., NOVIKOV, A. A., BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. and SLOBODKIN, A. I. 2017. Thermodesulfitimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, obligate sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 301-305.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermodesulfitimonas autotrophica Slobodkina et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SF97=DSM 102936=VKM B-2961.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX450231.
Etymology: Gr. pron. autos, self; Gr. adj. trophikos, one who feeds; N.L. fem. adj. autotrophica, autotrophic.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA, G. B., BASLEROV, R. V., NOVIKOV, A. A., BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. and SLOBODKIN, A. I. 2017. Thermodesulfitimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, obligate sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 301-305.
Original article in IJSEM Online