Name: "Sulfuricystis thermophila" Kojima et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^her-MO-p^hi-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: BCRC 81317; M 52; NBRC 114016

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16S rRNA gene: AP019373 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Miyata N, Fukui M. Sulfuricystis multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sulfuricystis thermophila sp. nov., facultatively autotropic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from a hot spring, and emended description of the genus Rugosibacter. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:595. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: BCRC 81387.

Parent taxon: "Sulfuricystis" Kojima et al. 2022

Assigned by: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Miyata N, Fukui M. Sulfuricystis multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sulfuricystis thermophila sp. nov., facultatively autotropic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from a hot spring, and emended description of the genus Rugosibacter. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:595. 🇯🇵

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