Name: Thiofractor Makita et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Thi.o.frac’tor. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (keeps -o); L. masc. n. fractor, breaker; N.L. masc. n. Thiofractor, sulfur-breaker

Gender: masculine (stem: Thiofractor-)

Type species: Thiofractor thiocamini corrig. Makita et al. 2025

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Makita H, Nakagawa S, Miyazaki M, Nakamura K, Inagaki F, Takai K. Thiofractor thiocaminus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hydrogen-oxidizing, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney in the Nikko Seamount field of the northern Mariana Arc. Arch Microbiol 2012; 194:785-794.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Campylobacteraceae Vandamme and De Ley 1991

Assigned by: Makita H, Nakagawa S, Miyazaki M, Nakamura K, Inagaki F, Takai K. Thiofractor thiocaminus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hydrogen-oxidizing, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney in the Nikko Seamount field of the northern Mariana Arc. Arch Microbiol 2012; 194:785-794.

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Record number: 64679
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