Name: "Sulfoacidibacillus" Johnson et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fo.a.ci.di.ba.cil’lus. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. sulfo-, pertaining to sulfur; L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Sulfoacidibacillus, an acidophilic small rod that oxidises sulfur

Gender: masculine (stem: Sulfoacidibacill-)

Type species: "Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans" Johnson et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Johnson DB, Holmes DS, Vergara E, Holanda R, Pakostova E. Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: Extremely acidophilic chemolitho-heterotrophic Firmicutes. Res Microbiol 2022; 174:104008.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • The distinct name Ferroacidibacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans" Johnson et al. 2023	not validly published
    "Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans" Johnson et al. 2023	not validly published

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Johnson DB, Holmes DS, Vergara E, Holanda R, Pakostova E. Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: Extremely acidophilic chemolitho-heterotrophic Firmicutes. Res Microbiol 2022; 174:104008.

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Record number: 31669