Name: Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.sul.fi.do.o.xi.dans. N.L. neut. n. disulfidum, disulfide; N.L. pres. part. oxidans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. disulfidooxidans, disulfide-oxidizing bacterium

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51911; DSM 12064; SD-11

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB089843 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dufresne S, Bousquet J, Boissinot M, Guay R. Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans sp. nov., a new acidophilic, disulfide-oxidizing, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1056-1064.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans (Dufresne et al. 1996) Karavaiko et al. 2005

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans (Dufresne et al. 1996) Karavaiko et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sulfobacillus.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfobacillus Golovacheva and Karavaiko 1991

Assigned by: Dufresne S, Bousquet J, Boissinot M, Guay R. Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans sp. nov., a new acidophilic, disulfide-oxidizing, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1056-1064.

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