Name: Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum Takai et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.um. L. neut. adj. subterraneum, under the earth, indicating the environment of isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sup-ter-RA-ne-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-562; DSM 15120; HGMK-1; JCM 11477

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB071324 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum gen. nov., sp. nov., from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:823-827. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfurihydrogenibium Takai et al. 2003. Publication: Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum gen. nov., sp. nov., from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:823-827. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Takai et al. 2003, the type strain HGMK-1 is also cited as HGMK1. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Sulfurihydrogenibium Takai et al. 2003

Assigned by: Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum gen. nov., sp. nov., from a subsurface hot aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:823-827. 🇯🇵

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