Genus Thermosulfuriphilus
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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").
Thermosulfuriphilus Slobodkina et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermosulfuriphilus ammonigenes Slobodkina et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving); N.L. masc. n. Thermosulfuriphilus, thermophilic sulfur-liking bacterium.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA, G. B., REYSENBACH, A. L., KOLGANOVA, T. V., NOVIKOV, A. A., BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. and SLOBODKIN, A. I. 2017. Thermosulfuriphilus ammonigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic bacterium capable of respiratory ammonification of nitrate with elemental sulfur. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3474-3479.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thermosulfuriphilus ammonigenes Slobodkina et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ST65=DSM 102941=VKM B-2855.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY471008.
Etymology: N.L. n. ammonia, ammonia; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaio, to produce), producing; N.L. part. adj. ammonigenes, ammonia-producing.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA, G. B., REYSENBACH, A. L., KOLGANOVA, T. V., NOVIKOV, A. A., BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. and SLOBODKIN, A. I. 2017. Thermosulfuriphilus ammonigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic bacterium capable of respiratory ammonification of nitrate with elemental sulfur. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3474-3479.
Original article in IJSEM Online