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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡u-to-TRO-p^hi-kus, 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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