Name: Sulfuriferula plumbophilus Watanabe et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sul-fu-ri-FE-ru-la plum-BO-p^hi-lus, 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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig. Watanabe et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thiobacillus plumbophilus" Drobner et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Sulfuriferula plumbiphila corrig. Watanabe et al. 2015	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 See also 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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