Name: "Paenalicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans" (Dufresne et al. 1996) Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996

Etymology: di.sul.fi.do.o.xi’dans. N.L. pres. part. oxidans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. disulfidooxidans, disulfide-oxidizing bacterium

Pronunciation, gender: … di-sul-fi-do-o-KSI-dans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 51911; DSM 12064; SD-11

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16S rRNA gene: AB089843 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sinninghe Damste JS, Villanueva L, Pukall R. A chemotaxonomic and phylogenomic re-evaluation of the genus Alicyclobacillus: A proposal for reclassification of about half of the species into the new genus, Paenalicyclobacillus gen. nov., with an emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus, and recognition that the names Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis and Alicyclobacillus montanus are later heterotypic synonyms of Alicyclobacillus tolerans. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126651. 🇳🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans (Dufresne et al. 1996) Karavaiko et al. 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans (Dufresne et al. 1996) Karavaiko et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Paenalicyclobacillus" Sinninghe Damsté et al. 2025

Assigned by: Sinninghe Damste JS, Villanueva L, Pukall R. A chemotaxonomic and phylogenomic re-evaluation of the genus Alicyclobacillus: A proposal for reclassification of about half of the species into the new genus, Paenalicyclobacillus gen. nov., with an emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus, and recognition that the names Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis and Alicyclobacillus montanus are later heterotypic synonyms of Alicyclobacillus tolerans. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126651. 🇳🇱

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Record number: 68887