Name: Acidianus sulfidivorans Plumb et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fi.di.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. sulfidivorans, sulfide-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18786; JCM 13667; JP7

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY907891 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Plumb JJ, Haddad CM, Gibson JA, Franzmann PD. Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, and emendation of the genus description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1418-1423.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06966 (N = 4).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Plumb JJ, Haddad CM, Gibson JA, Franzmann PD. Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, and emendation of the genus description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1418-1423.

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Record number: 785735