Name: Sulfurovum lithotrophicum Inagaki et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.tho.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. neut. adj. lithotrophicum, feeding on inorganic substrates

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 42BKT; ATCC BAA-797; DSM 23290; JCM 12117

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16S rRNA gene: AB091292 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Inagaki F, Takai K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1477-1482.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfurovum Inagaki et al. 2004. Publication: Inagaki F, Takai K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1477-1482.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sulfurovum Inagaki et al. 2004

Assigned by: Inagaki F, Takai K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Sulfurovum lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the epsilon-Proteobacteria isolated from Okinawa Trough hydrothermal sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1477-1482.

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Record number: 785036