Name: Dissulfuribacter thermophilus Slobodkin et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 25762; S69; VKM B-2760

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ414031 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkin AI, Reysenbach AL, Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Dissulfuribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, autotrophic, sulfur-disproportionating, deeply branching deltaproteobacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1967-1971.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dissulfuribacter Slobodkin et al. 2013. Publication: Slobodkin AI, Reysenbach AL, Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Dissulfuribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, autotrophic, sulfur-disproportionating, deeply branching deltaproteobacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1967-1971.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Dissulfuribacter Slobodkin et al. 2013

Assigned by: Slobodkin AI, Reysenbach AL, Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Dissulfuribacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, autotrophic, sulfur-disproportionating, deeply branching deltaproteobacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1967-1971.

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Record number: 790857