Name: Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig. Watanabe et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plum.bi’phi.la. L. neut. n. plumbum, lead; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. plumbiphila, loving lead, referring to its ability to grow with PbS as the sole energy source

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 6690; Gro7; NBRC 107929

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ316618 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe T, Kojima H, Fukui M. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1504-1508.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfuriferula plumbophilus Watanabe et al. 2015	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    "Thiobacillus plumbophilus" Drobner et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Kojima et al. 2020 Kojima H, Mochizuki J, Fukui M. Sulfuriferula nivalis sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from snow and emended description of Sulfuriferula plumbiphila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3273-3277. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.22111 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Listed as plumbophilus in the notification list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.
  • 🧍 The original spelling Sulfuriferula plumbophilus (sic) has been corrected by way of an erratum. Publication: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1073-1081.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, plumbophilus (sic), has been corrected to plumbophila by Watanabe et al. 2016. Publication: Watanabe T, Kojima H, Fukui M. Sulfuriferula thiophila sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, and correction of the name Sulfuriferula plumbophilusWatanabe, Kojima and Fukui 2015 to Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2041-2045.

Parent taxon: Sulfuriferula Watanabe et al. 2015

Assigned by: Watanabe T, Kojima H, Fukui M. Sulfuriferula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, reclassification of 'Thiobacillus plumbophilus' as Sulfuriferula plumbophilus sp. nov., and description of Sulfuricellaceae fam. nov. and Sulfuricellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1504-1508.

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