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

Pronunciation, gender: a-zo-REN-se, neuter

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

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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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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.

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