Name: Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens Lee et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fu.ri.gi’gnens. L. neut. n. sulfur, brimstone, sulfur (S); L. pres. part. gignens, producing; N.L. masc. part. adj. sulfurigignens, sulfur-producing

Pronunciation, gender: sul-fu-ri-GI-n͡gnens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700320; DSM 17917; JW/SL-NZ826

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16S rRNA gene: AF234164 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee YJ, Dashti M, Prange A, Rainey FA, Rohde M, Whitman WB, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that reduces 1 M thiosulfate to elemental sulfur and tolerates 90 mM sulfite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1429-1434.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Lee YJ, Dashti M, Prange A, Rainey FA, Rohde M, Whitman WB, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that reduces 1 M thiosulfate to elemental sulfur and tolerates 90 mM sulfite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1429-1434.

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Record number: 782512