Genus Thioalbus
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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").
Thioalbus Park et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thioalbus denitrificans Park et al. 2011.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. masc. adj. albus, white; N.L. masc. n. Thioalbus, intended to mean a bacterium which oxidizes thiosulfate and whose colonies are white.
Valid publication: PARK (S.J.), PHAM (V.H.), JUNG (M.Y.), KIM (S.J.), KIM (J.G.), ROH (D.H.) and RHEE (S.K.): Thioalbus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium, isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2045-2051.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thioalbus denitrificans Park et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Su4 = JCM 15568 = KCTC 5699.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU837269.
Etymology: N.L. part. adj. denitrificans (from N.L. v. denitrifico), denitrifying.
Valid publication: PARK (S.J.), PHAM (V.H.), JUNG (M.Y.), KIM (S.J.), KIM (J.G.), ROH (D.H.) and RHEE (S.K.): Thioalbus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium, isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2045-2051.
Original article in IJSEM Online