Name: Sulfurospirillum halorespirans Luijten et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.re.spi’rans. N.L. neut. part. adj. halorespirans, halorespiring, respiring halogenated compounds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sul-fu-ro-spi-RIL-lum ha-lo-re-SPI-rans, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-583; DSM 13726; PCE-M2

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16S rRNA gene: AF218076 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Luijten ML, de Weert J, Smidt H, Boschker HT, de Vos WM, Schraa G, Stams AJ. Description of Sulfurospirillum halorespirans sp. nov., an anaerobic, tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium, and transfer of Dehalospirillum multivorans to the genus Sulfurospirillum as Sulfurospirillum multivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:787-793. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sulfurospirillum Schumacher et al. 1993

Assigned by: Luijten ML, de Weert J, Smidt H, Boschker HT, de Vos WM, Schraa G, Stams AJ. Description of Sulfurospirillum halorespirans sp. nov., an anaerobic, tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium, and transfer of Dehalospirillum multivorans to the genus Sulfurospirillum as Sulfurospirillum multivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:787-793. 🇳🇱

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