Name: Sulfurifustis variabilis Kojima et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.ri.a’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. variabilis, changeable, referring to variation of the morphology depending on growth temperatures

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 100313; NBRC 110942; skN76

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC062790 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kojima H, Shinohara A, Fukui M. Sulfurifustis variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a lake, and proposal of Acidiferrobacteraceae fam. nov. and Acidiferrobacterales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3709-3713.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfurifustis Kojima et al. 2015. Publication: Kojima H, Shinohara A, Fukui M. Sulfurifustis variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a lake, and proposal of Acidiferrobacteraceae fam. nov. and Acidiferrobacterales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3709-3713.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfurifustis Kojima et al. 2015

Assigned by: Kojima H, Shinohara A, Fukui M. Sulfurifustis variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur oxidizer isolated from a lake, and proposal of Acidiferrobacteraceae fam. nov. and Acidiferrobacterales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3709-3713.

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Record number: 793278