Name: Oceanithermus desulfurans Mori et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.sul’fu.rans. N.L. masc. part. adj. desulfurans, making free of/reducing sulfur

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … de-SUL-fu-rans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15757; NBRC 100063; St55B

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB107956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mori K, Kakegawa T, Higashi Y, Nakamura K, Maruyama A, Hanada S. Oceanithermus desulfurans sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from a sulfide chimney in Suiyo Seamount. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1561-1566. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanithermus Miroshnichenko et al. 2003

Assigned by: Mori K, Kakegawa T, Higashi Y, Nakamura K, Maruyama A, Hanada S. Oceanithermus desulfurans sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from a sulfide chimney in Suiyo Seamount. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1561-1566. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 778933