Name: Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense Aguiar et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.zo.ren’se. N.L. neut. adj. azorense, from the Azores, the place of isolation

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Az-Fu1; DSM 15241; OCM 825

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF528192 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aguiar P, Beveridge TJ, Reysenbach AL. Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense, sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophile from terrestrial hot springs in the Azores. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:33-39.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nakagawa et al. 2005 Nakagawa S, Shtaih Z, Banta A, Beveridge TJ, Sako Y, Reysenbach AL. Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, facultatively heterotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from Yellowstone National Park, and emended descriptions of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium, Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum and Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2263-2268. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.17418 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfurihydrogenibium Takai et al. 2003

Assigned by: Aguiar P, Beveridge TJ, Reysenbach AL. Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense, sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophile from terrestrial hot springs in the Azores. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:33-39.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/sulfurihydrogenibium-azorenseCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 782321