Name: Sulfurivermis fontis Kojima et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon’tis. L. gen. masc. n. fontis, of a spring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 104776; JG42; NBRC 112696

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16S rRNA gene: LC225746 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Fukui M. Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3458-3461.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfurivermis Kojima et al. 2017. Publication: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Fukui M. Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3458-3461.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sulfurivermis Kojima et al. 2017

Assigned by: Kojima H, Watanabe M, Fukui M. Sulfurivermis fontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing autotroph, and proposal of Thioprofundaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3458-3461.

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Record number: 795898