Genus Thiohalophilus
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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").
Thiohalophilus Sorokin et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiohalophilus thiocyanatoxydans corrig. Sorokin et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. Thiohalophilus, sulfur and salt loving.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 117. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1933-1934.
Effective publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), BEZSOUDNOVA (E.Y.), POL (A.) and MUYZER (G.): Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch. Microbiol., 2007, 187, 441-450.
Validation List no. 117 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Notes:
1 According to Rule 65(2), the genus name Thiohalophilus must be in the masculine gender, not in the neuter gender as cited in the effective publication.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 117 (footnote ¶). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1933-1934.
Validation List no. 117 in IJSEM Online
2 The type species has been provided on validation.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 117 (footnote #). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1933-1934.
Validation List no. 117 in IJSEM Online
Thiohalophilus thiocyanatoxydans corrig. Sorokin et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HRhD 2 = DSM 16326 = UNIQEM U231.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ469584.
Etymology: N.L. n. thiocyanas -atis, thiocyanate; N.L. part. adj. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. thiocyanatoxydans, thiocyanate-oxidizing.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 117. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1933-1934.
Effective publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), BEZSOUDNOVA (E.Y.), POL (A.) and MUYZER (G.): Denitrification in a binary culture and thiocyanate metabolism in Thiohalophilus thiocyanoxidans gen. nov. sp. nov. - a moderately halophilic chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline lakes. Arch. Microbiol., 2007, 187, 441-450.
Validation List no. 117 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The specific epithet, thiocyanoxidans (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 117 (footnote **). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1933-1934.
Validation List no. 117 in IJSEM Online