Name: Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus Watanabe et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plum.bi’phi.lus. L. neut. n. plumbum, lead; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. plumbiphilus, loving lead

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 101799; NBRC 111508; wk12

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16S rRNA gene: LC088006 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe T, Miura A, Shinohara A, Kojima H, Fukui M. Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from lead sulfide. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1986-1989.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2767-2768.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Assigned by: Watanabe T, Miura A, Shinohara A, Kojima H, Fukui M. Thermithiobacillus plumbiphilus sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from lead sulfide. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1986-1989.

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Record number: 794139