Name: Thermodesulfatator autotrophicus Lai et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. autotrophicus, autotroph

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 101864; MCCC 1A01871; S606

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU681513 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai Q, Cao J, Dupont S, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Thermodesulfatator autotrophicus sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3978-3982.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

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: Thermodesulfatator Moussard et al. 2004

Assigned by: Lai Q, Cao J, Dupont S, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Thermodesulfatator autotrophicus sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3978-3982.

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Record number: 794669