Name: Sulfurimonas xiamenensis Wang et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xia.me.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. xiamenensis, pertaining to Xiamen, the city island where the organism was first isolated [probably better: xiamensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ksia-me-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 1-1N; KCTC 15851; MCCC 1A14514

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16S rRNA gene: MN080872 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang S, Jiang L, Liu X, Yang S, Shao Z. Sulfurimonas xiamenensis sp. nov. and Sulfurimonas lithotrophica sp. nov., hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophs within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from coastal sediments, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2657-2663. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sulfurimonas Inagaki et al. 2003

Assigned by: Wang S, Jiang L, Liu X, Yang S, Shao Z. Sulfurimonas xiamenensis sp. nov. and Sulfurimonas lithotrophica sp. nov., hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophs within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from coastal sediments, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2657-2663. 🇨🇳

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