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Genus "Sulfonitrofixus"
Name: "Sulfonitrofixus" Cui et al. 2025
Etymology: Sul’fo’ni’tro’fix’us. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. n. nitro, soda ash, saltpeter (from nitrum); L. masc. perf. part. fixus, fixed, fastened; N.L. masc. n. Sulfonitrofixus, sulfur and nitrogen fixing
Gender: masculine (stem: Sulfonitrofix-)
Type species: "Sulfonitrofixus jiaomeiensis" Cui et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Cui L, Zhong Y, Li Y, Sievert SM, Huang Z, Wang W, Rubin-Blum M, Cao X, Wang Y, Shao Z, et al. Cultivation and metabolic versatility of novel and ubiquitous chemolithoautotrophic Campylobacteria from mangrove sediments. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0036725. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Cui et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family "Thiovulaceae" Waite et al. 2017.
Publication:
Cui L, Zhong Y, Li Y, Sievert SM, Huang Z, Wang W, Rubin-Blum M, Cao X, Wang Y, Shao Z, et al. Cultivation and metabolic versatility of novel and ubiquitous chemolithoautotrophic Campylobacteria from mangrove sediments. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0036725. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1.
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🧕 Cui et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family "Thiovulaceae" Waite et al. 2017.
Publication:
Cui L, Zhong Y, Li Y, Sievert SM, Huang Z, Wang W, Rubin-Blum M, Cao X, Wang Y, Shao Z, et al. Cultivation and metabolic versatility of novel and ubiquitous chemolithoautotrophic Campylobacteria from mangrove sediments. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0036725.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Sulfonitrofixus jiaomeiensis" Cui et al. 2025 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Sulfurimonadaceae Waite et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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