Name: Desulfonatronovibrio thiodismutans Sorokin et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AHT 9; DSM 21540; UNIQEM U754

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FJ469579 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Detkova EN, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Culturable diversity of lithotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacteria in soda lakes and the description of Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum sp. nov., Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum sp. nov., Desulfonatronovibrio thiodismutans sp. nov., and Desulfonatronovibrio magnus sp. nov. Extremophiles 2011; 15:391-401.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 141. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2025-2026.

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.

Parent taxon: Desulfonatronovibrio Zhilina et al. 1997

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Detkova EN, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Culturable diversity of lithotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacteria in soda lakes and the description of Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum sp. nov., Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum sp. nov., Desulfonatronovibrio thiodismutans sp. nov., and Desulfonatronovibrio magnus sp. nov. Extremophiles 2011; 15:391-401.

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Record number: 789186