Name: Sulfurivirga caldicuralii Takai et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cal.di.cu.ra’li.i. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; L. neut. n. curalium, coral; N.L. gen. neut. n. caldicuralii, of a hot coral, as the type strain was isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system associated with coral reef formation

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17737; JCM 13439; MM1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB245479 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Hirayama H, Oida H, Furushima Y, Yamamoto H, Horikoshi K. Sulfurivirga caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph, isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system occurring in a coral reef, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1921-1929.

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfurivirga Takai et al. 2006. Publication: Takai K, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Hirayama H, Oida H, Furushima Y, Yamamoto H, Horikoshi K. Sulfurivirga caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph, isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system occurring in a coral reef, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1921-1929.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfurivirga Takai et al. 2006

Assigned by: Takai K, Miyazaki M, Nunoura T, Hirayama H, Oida H, Furushima Y, Yamamoto H, Horikoshi K. Sulfurivirga caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph, isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system occurring in a coral reef, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1921-1929.

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Record number: 785326