Name: Sulfitobacter indolifex (Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004) Liu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oceanibulbus indolifex Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004

Etymology: in.do’li.fex. N.L. neut. n. indolum, indole; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, maker; from L. v. facio, to make; N.L. masc. n. indolifex, making indole/the indole maker

Pronunciation, gender: in-DO-li-fex, masculine

Type strain: DSM 14862; HEL-45; MCCC 1A11773; NCIMB 13983

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ550939 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Proposal for transfer of Oceanibulbus indolifex Wagner-Dobler et al. 2004 to the genus Sulfitobacter as Sulfitobacter indolifex comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2328-2331.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oceanibulbus indolifex Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Sulfitobacter Sorokin 1996

Assigned by: Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Proposal for transfer of Oceanibulbus indolifex Wagner-Dobler et al. 2004 to the genus Sulfitobacter as Sulfitobacter indolifex comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2328-2331.

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