Name: Sulfurimonas autotrophica Inagaki et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.ca. Gr. masc. pron. autos, self; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. autotrophica, autotroph

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-671; DSM 16294; JCM 11897; OK10

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB088431 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Inagaki F, Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing epsilon-proteobacterium isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1801-1805.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003. Publication: Inagaki F, Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing epsilon-proteobacterium isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1801-1805.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Sikorski J, Munk C, Lapidus A, Ngatchou Djao OD, Lucas S, Glavina Del Rio T, Nolan M, Tice H, Han C, Cheng JF, et al. Complete genome sequence of Sulfurimonas autotrophica type strain (OK10). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 3:194-202.

Parent taxon: Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003

Assigned by: Inagaki F, Takai K, Kobayashi H, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurimonas autotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing epsilon-proteobacterium isolated from hydrothermal sediments in the Mid-Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1801-1805.

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