Name: Ammonifex thiophilus Miroshnichenko et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

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

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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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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