Name: Sulfitobacter pontiacus Sorokin 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pon.ti.a.cus. N.L. masc. adj. pontiacus, from the Black Sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CHLG 10; DSM 10014; JCM 21789; VKM B-2022

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y13155 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY. Sulfitobacter pontiacus gen. nov., sp. nov.—a new heterotrophic bacterium from the Black Sea, specialized on sulfite oxidation. Mikrobiologiya 1995; 64:354-365.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

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 Sulfitobacter Sorokin 1996. Publication: Sorokin DY. Sulfitobacter pontiacus gen. nov., sp. nov.—a new heterotrophic bacterium from the Black Sea, specialized on sulfite oxidation. Mikrobiologiya 1995; 64:354-365.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 17 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Sulfitobacter pontiacus subsp. fungiae" Zachariah et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    "Sulfitobacter pontiacus subsp. pontiacus" (Sorokin 1996) Zachariah et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Sulfitobacter Sorokin 1996

Assigned by: Sorokin DY. Sulfitobacter pontiacus gen. nov., sp. nov.—a new heterotrophic bacterium from the Black Sea, specialized on sulfite oxidation. Mikrobiologiya 1995; 64:354-365.

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Record number: 782301