Name: Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans Takii et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mi.no.vo’rans. N.L. fem. n. amina, amine; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. aminovorans, devouring amino acids

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C/G2; DSM 17477; JCM 13356; NBRC 101112

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB218661 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takii S, Hanada S, Tamaki H, Ueno Y, Sekiguchi Y, Ibe A, Matsuura K. Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediment via sulfate-reducing enrichment with Casamino acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2320-2326.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dethiosulfatibacter Takii et al. 2007. Publication: Takii S, Hanada S, Tamaki H, Ueno Y, Sekiguchi Y, Ibe A, Matsuura K. Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediment via sulfate-reducing enrichment with Casamino acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2320-2326.
  • 📧 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.

Parent taxon: Dethiosulfatibacter Takii et al. 2007

Assigned by: Takii S, Hanada S, Tamaki H, Ueno Y, Sekiguchi Y, Ibe A, Matsuura K. Dethiosulfatibacter aminovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from coastal marine sediment via sulfate-reducing enrichment with Casamino acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2320-2326.

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Record number: 786785