Name: Ammonifex thiophilus Miroshnichenko et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thiophilus, sulfur-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^hi-O-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19636; SR; VKM B-2461

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF554597 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Kostrikina NA, Chernych N, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Ammonifex thiophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2935-2938. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The epithet thiophilus is a "N.L. masc. adj.", not a "N.L. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Miroshnichenko et al. 2008. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Ammonifex Huber and Stetter 1996

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Kostrikina NA, Chernych N, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Ammonifex thiophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic anaerobic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2935-2938. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 786668