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Genus Thiohalorhabdus

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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").

 

Thiohalorhabdus Sorokin et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2008.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, rod, stick; N.L. fem. n. Thiohalorhabdus, halophilic sulfur rod.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), GALINSKI (E.A.), MUYZER (G.) and KUENEN (J.G.): Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing, deep-lineage gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2890-2897.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HL 19 = DSM 15699 = UNIQEM U223.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ469582.
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), GALINSKI (E.A.), MUYZER (G.) and KUENEN (J.G.): Thiohalorhabdus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, sulfur-oxidizing, deep-lineage gammaproteobacterium from hypersaline habitats. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2890-2897.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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