Name: Desulfonauticus autotrophicus Mayilraj et al. 2009
Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.cus. Gr. neut. pron. auto, self; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, one who feeds; N.L. masc. adj. autotrophicus, self feeding, referring to the ability of the organism to use CO2 as a sole carbon source
Type strain: DSM 4206; JCM 13028; TeSt
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16S rRNA gene: FJ194951 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Mayilraj S, Kaksonen AH, Cord-Ruwisch R, Schumann P, Sproer C, Tindall BJ, Spring S. Desulfonauticus autotrophicus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from oil-production water and emended description of the genus Desulfonauticus. Extremophiles 2009; 13:247-255.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 127. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:923-925.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Desulfonauticus Audiffrin et al. 2003
Assigned by: Mayilraj S, Kaksonen AH, Cord-Ruwisch R, Schumann P, Sproer C, Tindall BJ, Spring S. Desulfonauticus autotrophicus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from oil-production water and emended description of the genus Desulfonauticus. Extremophiles 2009; 13:247-255.
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Record number: 787749