Genus Thioreductor
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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").
Thioreductor Nakagawa et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thioreductor micantisoli Nakagawa et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. neut. n. thium, sulfur; L. masc. n. reductor, one who leads or brings back; N.L. masc. n. Thioreductor, sulfur-reducer.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (S.), INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), HORIKOSHI (K.) and SAKO (Y.): Thioreductor micantisoli gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, sulfur-reducing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 599-605.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the etymology cited in the paper by Nakagawa et al. 2005, the Greek noun thium is erroneously cited as thios.
Thioreductor micantisoli Nakagawa et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BKB25Ts-Y = DSM 16661 = JCM 12457.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB175498.
Etymology: L. part. adj. micans -antis, sparkling; L. gen. n. soli, of the lowest part of a thing, of the bottom, of the ground; N.L. gen. n. micantisoli, from the sparkling seafloor.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (S.), INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), HORIKOSHI (K.) and SAKO (Y.): Thioreductor micantisoli gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, sulfur-reducing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 599-605.
Original article in IJSEM Online