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 (in compound words); 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

Effective 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 2023; 174:104008.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; ATCC: 1; DSM: 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans Johnson et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans" Johnson et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

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