Name: Sulfuricurvum Kodama and Watanabe 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fu.ri.cur’vum. L. neut. n. sulfur (gen. sulfuris), sulfur; L. adj. curvus -a -um, curved; N.L. neut. n. Sulfuricurvum, curved bacterium that utilizes sulfur

Gender: neuter (stem: Sulfuricurv-)

Type species: Sulfuricurvum kujiense Kodama and Watanabe 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kodama Y, Watanabe K. Sulfuricurvum kujiense gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an underground crude-oil storage cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2297-2300.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Campbell et al. (2006) assigned this genus to the family "Thiovulgaceae" Campbell et al. 2006. Publication: Campbell BJ, Engel AS, Porter ML, Takai K. The versatile epsilon-proteobacteria: key players in sulphidic habitats. Nat Rev Microbiol 2006; 4:458-468.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family "Thiovulaceae" Waite et al. 2017. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Sulfurimonadaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina MS, Hugenholtz P. Road map of the phylum Campylobacterota. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons (in association with Bergey's Manual Trust), Online, 2019, p. 1-11.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06417 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfuricurvum kujiense Kodama and Watanabe 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Helicobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Han C, Kotsyurbenko O, Chertkov O, Held B, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of the sulfur compounds oxidizing chemolithoautotroph Sulfuricurvum kujiense type strain (YK-1^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 6:94-103.

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