Name: Desulfonatronospira thiodismutans Sorokin et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ASO3-1; DSM 19093; UNIQEM U234

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU296537 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Henstra AM, Stams AJM, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Sulfidogenesis under extremely haloalkaline conditions by Desulfonatronospira thiodismutans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Desulfonatronospira delicata sp. nov. - a novel lineage of Deltaproteobacteria from hypersaline soda lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:1444-1453.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 122. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1511-1512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfonatronospira Sorokin et al. 2008. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Henstra AM, Stams AJM, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Sulfidogenesis under extremely haloalkaline conditions by Desulfonatronospira thiodismutans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Desulfonatronospira delicata sp. nov. - a novel lineage of Deltaproteobacteria from hypersaline soda lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:1444-1453.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Misprinted as "Desulfonatronospira dismutans" in the publication. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🧍 In the protologue of the effective publication, the Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium) is erroneously cited as thios. 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: Desulfonatronospira Sorokin et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Henstra AM, Stams AJM, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Sulfidogenesis under extremely haloalkaline conditions by Desulfonatronospira thiodismutans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Desulfonatronospira delicata sp. nov. - a novel lineage of Deltaproteobacteria from hypersaline soda lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:1444-1453.

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