Name: Sulfobacillus acidophilus Norris et al. 1996
Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lus. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidophilus, acid-loving
Type strain: ATCC 700253; DSM 10332; NAL
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16S rRNA gene: AB089842 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Norris PR, Clark DA, Owen JP, Waterhouse S. Characteristics of Sulfobacillus acidophilus sp. nov. and other moderately thermophilic mineral-sulphide-oxidizing bacteria. Microbiology 1996; 142 ( Pt 4):775-783.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Sulfobacillus Golovacheva and Karavaiko 1991
Assigned by: Norris PR, Clark DA, Owen JP, Waterhouse S. Characteristics of Sulfobacillus acidophilus sp. nov. and other moderately thermophilic mineral-sulphide-oxidizing bacteria. Microbiology 1996; 142 ( Pt 4):775-783.
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