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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans"

Name: "Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans" Johnson et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermotolerans, heat-tolerating, able to tolerate high temperatures

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sul-fo-a-ki-di-ba-KIL-lus ther-mo-TO-le-rans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC TSD-104; JCM 31946; Y002

Original publication: Johnson DB, Holmes DS, Vergara E, Holanda R, Pakostova E. Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: Extremely acidophilic chemolitho-heterotrophic Firmicutes. Res Microbiol 2022; 174:104008. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Sulfoacidibacillus Johnson et al. 2023

Assigned by: Johnson DB, Holmes DS, Vergara E, Holanda R, Pakostova E. Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: Extremely acidophilic chemolitho-heterotrophic Firmicutes. Res Microbiol 2022; 174:104008. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 31672

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