Name: Sulfobacillus thermotolerans Bogdanova et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.tol’er.ans. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermotolerans, tolerating heat

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 17362; Kr1; VKM B-2339

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16S rRNA gene: DQ124681 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bogdanova TI, Tsaplina IA, Kondrat'eva TF, Duda VI, Suzina NE, Melamud VS, Tourova TP, Karavaiko GI. Sulfobacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermotolerant, chemolithotrophic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1039-1042.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sulfobacillus Golovacheva and Karavaiko 1991

Assigned by: Bogdanova TI, Tsaplina IA, Kondrat'eva TF, Duda VI, Suzina NE, Melamud VS, Tourova TP, Karavaiko GI. Sulfobacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermotolerant, chemolithotrophic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1039-1042.

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