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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Desulfolithobacter dissulfuricans

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Name: Desulfolithobacter dissulfuricans Hashimoto et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis.sul.fu’ri.cans. Gr. adv. dis, in two (also Latin adjective); L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. masc. part. adj. dissulfuricans, disproportionating sulfur

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 111414; GF1; JCM 34117

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16S rRNA gene: LC596831 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hashimoto Y, Shimamura S, Tame A, Sawayama S, Miyazaki J, Takai K, Nakagawa S. Physiological and comparative proteomic characterization of Desulfolithobacter dissulfuricans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, sulfur-disproportionating chemolithoautotroph from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1042116.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfolithobacter Hashimoto et al. 2023

Assigned by: Hashimoto Y, Shimamura S, Tame A, Sawayama S, Miyazaki J, Takai K, Nakagawa S. Physiological and comparative proteomic characterization of Desulfolithobacter dissulfuricans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, sulfur-disproportionating chemolithoautotroph from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1042116.

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Record number: 37311
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