Name: Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans Hallberg et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.o.xy’dans. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sharp, acid; N.L. v. oxydo, to make acid, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. thiooxydans, sulfur-oxidizing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 2392; JCM 17358; m-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF387301 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hallberg KB, Hedrich S, Johnson DB. Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans, gen. nov. sp. nov.; an acidophilic, thermo-tolerant, facultatively anaerobic iron- and sulfur-oxidizer of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2011; 15:271-279.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidiferrobacter Hallberg et al. 2011. Publication: Hallberg KB, Hedrich S, Johnson DB. Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans, gen. nov. sp. nov.; an acidophilic, thermo-tolerant, facultatively anaerobic iron- and sulfur-oxidizer of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2011; 15:271-279.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidiferrobacter Hallberg et al. 2011

Assigned by: Hallberg KB, Hedrich S, Johnson DB. Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans, gen. nov. sp. nov.; an acidophilic, thermo-tolerant, facultatively anaerobic iron- and sulfur-oxidizer of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Extremophiles 2011; 15:271-279.

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Record number: 789099