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. masc. part. adj. disulfidooxidans, disulfide-oxidizing bacterium

Gender: masculine

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

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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 (and not recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

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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Record number: 782304