Name: Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis Ghosh et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kash.mi.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. kashmirensis, of Kashmir, after the name of the province from where the original strains of the species were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: kas͡h-mi-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17095; LMG 22695; MTCC 7002; WT001

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ864470 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ghosh W, Bagchi A, Mandal S, Dam B, Roy P. Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, neutrophilic, tetrathionate-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic betaproteobacterium isolated from soil from a temperate orchard in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1779-1787.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Advenella kashmirensis (Ghosh et al. 2005) Gibello et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Advenella kashmirensis (Ghosh et al. 2005) Gibello et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tetrathiobacter Ghosh et al. 2005. Publication: Ghosh W, Bagchi A, Mandal S, Dam B, Roy P. Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, neutrophilic, tetrathionate-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic betaproteobacterium isolated from soil from a temperate orchard in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1779-1787.
  • ❗ Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tetrathiobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Tetrathiobacter Ghosh et al. 2005

Assigned by: Ghosh W, Bagchi A, Mandal S, Dam B, Roy P. Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, neutrophilic, tetrathionate-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic betaproteobacterium isolated from soil from a temperate orchard in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1779-1787.

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Record number: 782441