Name: Desulfonatronum thiodismutans Pikuta et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.dis.mu’tans. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; N.L. pres. part. dismutans, dismutating, splitting; N.L. neut. part. adj. thiodismutans, sulfur-dismutating, pertaining to the ability of the organism to dismutate thiosulfate and sulfite

Pronunciation, gender: t^hi-o-dis-MU-tans, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-395; DSM 14708; MLF1

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16S rRNA gene: AF373920 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB, Bej AK, Marsic D, Whitman WB, Cleland D, Krader P. Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1327-1332.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The etymology of the first compound of the specific epithet should be Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; not Gr. thios, sulfur as cited by Pikuta et al. 2003. 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: Desulfonatronum Pikuta et al. 1998

Assigned by: Pikuta EV, Hoover RB, Bej AK, Marsic D, Whitman WB, Cleland D, Krader P. Desulfonatronum thiodismutans sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium capable of lithoautotrophic growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1327-1332.

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