Genus Thiohalomonas
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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").
Thiohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiohalomonas denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Thiohalomonas, salt (-tolerant), sulfur-utilizing monad.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), BRAKER (G.) and MUYZER (G.): Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1582-1589.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Thiohalomonas Sorokin et al. 2007 emend. Mori et al. 2015.
Reference: MORI, K., SUZUKI, K.-I., YAMAGUCHI, K., URABE, T. and HANADA, S. 2015. Thiogranum longum gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, and an emended description of the genus Thiohalomonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 235-241
Original article.
Thiohalomonas denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HLD 2 = DSM 15841 = UNIQEM U222.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF117909.
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), BRAKER (G.) and MUYZER (G.): Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1582-1589.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thiohalomonas nitratireducens Sorokin et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HRhD 3sp = DSM 16925 = UNIQEM U248.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ836238.
Etymology: N.L. n. nitras -atis, nitrate; L. part. adj. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), BRAKER (G.) and MUYZER (G.): Thiohalomonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thiohalomonas nitratireducens sp. nov., novel obligately chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, thiodenitrifying Gammaproteobacteria from hypersaline habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1582-1589.
Original article in IJSEM Online