Name: Sulfurospirillum barnesii Stolz et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bar.ne’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. barnesii, of Barnes, named after I. Barnes, of the U.S. Geological Survey, who recognized the environmental significance of selenium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sul-fu-ro-spi-RIL-lum bar-NE-si-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700032; DSM 10660; SES-3

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16S rRNA gene: AF038843 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stolz JF, Ellis DJ, Blum JS, Ahmann D, Lovley DR, Oremland RS. Sulfurospirillum barnesii sp. nov. and Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum sp. nov., new members of the Sulfurospirillum clade of the epsilon Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1177-1180. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the "Contents List" of the July 1999 issue of the IJSB (p. iii) and in the "Author Index" (p. viii), the author name "Switzer Blum" is erroneously cited as "Switser Blum" according to the Managing Editor of IJSB. — Parte A. Personal communication, unspecified date.

Parent taxon: Sulfurospirillum Schumacher et al. 1993

Assigned by: Stolz JF, Ellis DJ, Blum JS, Ahmann D, Lovley DR, Oremland RS. Sulfurospirillum barnesii sp. nov. and Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum sp. nov., new members of the Sulfurospirillum clade of the epsilon Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1177-1180. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 782329