Name: Oceanithermus desulfurans Mori et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15757; NBRC 100063; St55B

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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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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