Name: Citreicella thiooxidans Sorokin et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.o’xi.dans. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. thiooxidans, oxidizing sulfur

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CHLG 1; DSM 10146; UNIQEM U228

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY639887 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Muyzer G. Citreicella thiooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoheterotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from the Black Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:679-687.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Salipiger thiooxidans (Sorokin et al. 2006) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salipiger thiooxidans (Sorokin et al. 2006) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Citreicella Sorokin et al. 2006. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Muyzer G. Citreicella thiooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoheterotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from the Black Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:679-687.
  • ❗ Citreicella thiooxidans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Citreicella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the protologue of the effective publication, the strain UNIQEM U 228 is cited as UNIQEM 228. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Parent taxon: Citreicella Sorokin et al. 2006

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Muyzer G. Citreicella thiooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoheterotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from the Black Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:679-687.

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