Name: Sulfurimonas denitrificans (Timmer-ten Hoor 1975) Takai et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiomicrospira denitrificans Timmer-ten Hoor 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. inf. v. denitrificare, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33889; DSM 1251

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L40808 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Suzuki M, Nakagawa S, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Inagaki F, Horikoshi K. Sulfurimonas paralvinellae sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest, reclassification of Thiomicrospira denitrificans as Sulfurimonas denitrificans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1725-1733.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrospira denitrificans Timmer-ten Hoor 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 32 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003

Assigned by: Takai K, Suzuki M, Nakagawa S, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Inagaki F, Horikoshi K. Sulfurimonas paralvinellae sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest, reclassification of Thiomicrospira denitrificans as Sulfurimonas denitrificans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1725-1733.

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