Name: Caldimicrobium thiodismutans Kojima et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.dis’mu.tans. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; Gr. adv. dis, in two; L. pres. part. mutans, altering; N.L. part. adj. thiodismutans, dismutating sulfur

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 29380; NBRC 110713; TF1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC055107 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kojima H, Umezawa K, Fukui M. Caldimicrobium thiodismutans sp. nov., a sulfur-disproportionating bacterium isolated from a hot spring, and emended description of the genus Caldimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1828-1831.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Caldimicrobium Miroshnichenko et al. 2009

Assigned by: Kojima H, Umezawa K, Fukui M. Caldimicrobium thiodismutans sp. nov., a sulfur-disproportionating bacterium isolated from a hot spring, and emended description of the genus Caldimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1828-1831.

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Record number: 794065