Genus Thioprofundum
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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").
Thioprofundum Takai et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thioprofundum lithotrophicum corrig. Takai et al. 2010.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L neut n profundum, depth abyss; N.L. neut. n. Thioprofundum, sulfur oxidizer from deep sea.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 134. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1477-1479.
Effective publication: TAKAI (K.), MIYAZAKI (M.), HIRAYAMA (H.), NAKAGAWA (S.), QUERELLOU (J.) and GODFROY (A.): Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ. Microbiol., 2009, 11, 1983-1997.
Validation List no. 134 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Thioprofundum hispidum Mori et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) gps61 = DSM 18546 = NBRC 101261.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB266389.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. hispidum, bristly.
Valid publication: MORI (K.), SUZUKI (K.), URABE (T.), SUGIHARA (M.), TANAKA (K.), HAMADA (M.) and HANADA (S.): Thioprofundum hispidum sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium isolated from the hydrothermal field on Suiyo Seamount, and proposal of Thioalkalispiraceae fam. nov. in the order Chromatiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2412-2418.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thioprofundum lithotrophicum corrig. Takai et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 106 = DSM 19353 = JCM 14586.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB468957.
Etymology: Gr. n. lithos stone; N.L. neut. adj. trophicum (from Gr. neut. adj. trophikon) nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. neut. adj. lithotrophicum lithotrophic, referring to lithotrophic metabolism of the species.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 134. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1477-1479.
Effective publication: TAKAI (K.), MIYAZAKI (M.), HIRAYAMA (H.), NAKAGAWA (S.), QUERELLOU (J.) and GODFROY (A.): Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Environ. Microbiol., 2009, 11, 1983-1997.
Validation List no. 134 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Notes:
1 The original spelling of the specific epithet, lithotrophica (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 134 (footnote **). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1477-1479.
Validation List no. 134 in IJSEM Online
2 In the effective publication, the strain JCM 14586 is erroneously cited as JCM 14596.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 134 (footnote ††). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1477-1479.
Validation List no. 134 in IJSEM Online