Name: Acidihalobacter prosperus Cárdenas et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pros’pe.rus. L. masc. adj. prosperus, prosperous, referring to its ability to gain precious metals by mineral bioleaching

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 5130; JCM 30709

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU653291 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pablo Cardenas J, Ortiz R, Norris PR, Watkin E, Holmes DS. Reclassification of 'Thiobacillus prosperus' Huber and Stetter 1989 as Acidihalobacter prosperus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3641-3644.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thiobacillus prosperus" Huber and Stetter 1989	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidihalobacter Cárdenas et al. 2015. Publication: Pablo Cardenas J, Ortiz R, Norris PR, Watkin E, Holmes DS. Reclassification of 'Thiobacillus prosperus' Huber and Stetter 1989 as Acidihalobacter prosperus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3641-3644.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidihalobacter Cárdenas et al. 2015

Assigned by: Pablo Cardenas J, Ortiz R, Norris PR, Watkin E, Holmes DS. Reclassification of 'Thiobacillus prosperus' Huber and Stetter 1989 as Acidihalobacter prosperus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3641-3644.

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Record number: 793279