Genus Thermodesulfobium
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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).
Thermodesulfobium Mori et al. 2004, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Thermodesulfobiaceae Mori et al. 2004).
Type species: ¤ Thermodesulfobium narugense Mori et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. pref. de-, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. (sic) n. Thermodesulfobium (sic), a thermophilic organism that reduces a sulfur compound.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 95. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1-2.
Effective publication: MORI (K.), KIM (H.), KAKEGAWA (T.) and HANADA (S.): A novel lineage of sulfate-reducing microorganisms: Thermodesulfobiaceae fam. nov., Thermodesulfobium narugense, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new thermophilic isolate from a hot spring. Extremophiles, 2003, 7, 283-290.
Validation List no. 95 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thermodesulfobium acidiphilum Frolov et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 3127-1=DSM 102892=VKM B-3043.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU664659.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. adj. philos, -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. acidiphilum, acid-loving.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: FROLOV, E. N., KUBLANOV, I. V., TOSHCHAKOV, S. V., SAMAROV, N. I., NOVIKOV, A. A., LEBEDINSKY, A. V., BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. and CHERNYH, N. A. 2017. Thermodesulfobium acidiphilum sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic, sulfate-reducing, chemoautotrophic bacterium from a thermal site. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1482-1485.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermodesulfobium narugense Mori et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Na82 = DSM 14796 = JCM 11510 = NBRC 100082.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB077817, CP002690 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. narugense (sic), from Narugo.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 95. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1-2.
Effective publication: MORI (K.), KIM (H.), KAKEGAWA (T.) and HANADA (S.): A novel lineage of sulfate-reducing microorganisms: Thermodesulfobiaceae fam. nov., Thermodesulfobium narugense, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new thermophilic isolate from a hot spring. Extremophiles, 2003, 7, 283-290.
Validation List no. 95 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The strain NBRC 100082 has been provided on request for validation.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 95 (footnote §). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1-2.
Validation List no. 95 in IJSEM Online