Name: Sulfobacillus benefaciens Johnson et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.e.fac.iens. N.L. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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