Name: Dissulfurispira thermophila Umezawa et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 110365; NBRC 114245; T55J

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AP022873 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Umezawa K, Kojima H, Kato Y, Fukui M. Dissulfurispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chemolithoautotroph growing by sulfur disproportionation, and proposal of novel taxa in the phylum Nitrospirota to reclassify the genus Thermodesulfovibrio. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126184.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dissulfurispira Umezawa et al. 2021. Publication: Umezawa K, Kojima H, Kato Y, Fukui M. Dissulfurispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chemolithoautotroph growing by sulfur disproportionation, and proposal of novel taxa in the phylum Nitrospirota to reclassify the genus Thermodesulfovibrio. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126184.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Dissulfurispira Umezawa et al. 2021

Assigned by: Umezawa K, Kojima H, Kato Y, Fukui M. Dissulfurispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chemolithoautotroph growing by sulfur disproportionation, and proposal of novel taxa in the phylum Nitrospirota to reclassify the genus Thermodesulfovibrio. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126184.

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Record number: 18359