Name: Sulfobacillus benefaciens Johnson et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.e.fac.iens. N.L. masc. part. adj. benefaciens, doing a good action, imparting benefits

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1648; BRGM2; DSM 19468

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16S rRNA gene: EF679212 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Johnson DB, Joulian C, d'Hugues P, Hallberg KB. Sulfobacillus benefaciens sp. nov., an acidophilic facultative anaerobic Firmicute isolated from mineral bioleaching operations. Extremophiles 2008; 12:789-798.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 125. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sulfobacillus Golovacheva and Karavaiko 1991

Assigned by: Johnson DB, Joulian C, d'Hugues P, Hallberg KB. Sulfobacillus benefaciens sp. nov., an acidophilic facultative anaerobic Firmicute isolated from mineral bioleaching operations. Extremophiles 2008; 12:789-798.

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Record number: 786468