Name: Roseinatronobacter thiooxidans Sorokin et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.o’xi.dans. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur (Latin transliteration thium); N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sour, acid; N.L. part. adj. thiooxidans, sulfur-oxidizing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ALG 1; DSM 13087

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF249749 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DIu, Turova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Briantseva IA, Gorlenko VM. [Roseinatronobacter thiooxidans Gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a new alkaliphilic aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-alpha-containing bacteria from a soda lake]. Mikrobiologiia 2000; 69:89-97.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Roseinatronobacter Sorokin et al. 2000. Publication: Sorokin DIu, Turova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Briantseva IA, Gorlenko VM. [Roseinatronobacter thiooxidans Gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a new alkaliphilic aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-alpha-containing bacteria from a soda lake]. Mikrobiologiia 2000; 69:89-97.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Roseinatronobacter Sorokin et al. 2000

Assigned by: Sorokin DIu, Turova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Briantseva IA, Gorlenko VM. [Roseinatronobacter thiooxidans Gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a new alkaliphilic aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-alpha-containing bacteria from a soda lake]. Mikrobiologiia 2000; 69:89-97.

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