Name: Sulfuricurvum kujiense Kodama and Watanabe 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ku.ji.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. kujiense, referring to Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, where the bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ku-ji-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-921; DSM 16994; JCM 11577; MBIC 6352; YK-1

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16S rRNA gene: AB053951 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kodama Y, Watanabe K. Sulfuricurvum kujiense gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an underground crude-oil storage cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2297-2300. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfuricurvum Kodama and Watanabe 2004. Publication: Kodama Y, Watanabe K. Sulfuricurvum kujiense gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an underground crude-oil storage cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2297-2300. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Han C, Kotsyurbenko O, Chertkov O, Held B, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of the sulfur compounds oxidizing chemolithoautotroph Sulfuricurvum kujiense type strain (YK-1^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 6:94-103. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Sulfuricurvum Kodama and Watanabe 2004

Assigned by: Kodama Y, Watanabe K. Sulfuricurvum kujiense gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an underground crude-oil storage cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2297-2300. 🇯🇵

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