Name: Thialkalimicrobium aerophilum Sorokin et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Type strain: AL 3; CBS 100465; DSM 13739

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Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Lysenko AM, Mityushina LL, Tourova TP, Jones BE, Rainey FA, Robertson LA, Kuenen GJ. Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum sp. nov., and Thioalkalivibrio versutus gen. nov., sp. nov., Thioalkalivibrio nitratis sp.nov., novel and Thioalkalivibrio denitrificancs sp. nov., novel obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:565-580.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum corrig. Sorokin et al. 2001

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrospira aerophila (Sorokin et al. 2001) Boden et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum corrig. Sorokin et al. 2001	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thialkalimicrobium Sorokin et al. 2001. Publication: Sorokin DY, Lysenko AM, Mityushina LL, Tourova TP, Jones BE, Rainey FA, Robertson LA, Kuenen GJ. Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum sp. nov., and Thioalkalivibrio versutus gen. nov., sp. nov., Thioalkalivibrio nitratis sp.nov., novel and Thioalkalivibrio denitrificancs sp. nov., novel obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:565-580.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the genus name, Thioalkalimicrobium (sic), was corrected by the List Editor of the IJSEM to Thialkalimicrobium (IJSEM 51:796). This correction was withdrawn following a decision of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes at the Xth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology 2002, Paris (See IJSEM 55:527, Session 2, Minute 13). Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Parent taxon: Thialkalimicrobium Sorokin et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Lysenko AM, Mityushina LL, Tourova TP, Jones BE, Rainey FA, Robertson LA, Kuenen GJ. Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum sp. nov., and Thioalkalivibrio versutus gen. nov., sp. nov., Thioalkalivibrio nitratis sp.nov., novel and Thioalkalivibrio denitrificancs sp. nov., novel obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:565-580.

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