Name: Thermovibrio ammonificans Vetriani et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.mo.ni’fi.cans. N.L. neut. n. ammonium, ammonium; L. suff. -ficans, making; from L. v. facio, facere, to make; N.L. part. adj. ammonificans, ammonifying

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15698; HB-1; JCM 12110

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY263403 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vetriani C, Speck MD, Ellor SV, Lutz RA, Starovoytov V. Thermovibrio ammonificans sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:175-181.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

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 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thermovibrio Huber et al. 2002

Assigned by: Vetriani C, Speck MD, Ellor SV, Lutz RA, Starovoytov V. Thermovibrio ammonificans sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:175-181.

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Record number: 782655