Name: Thioalkalimicrobium microaerophilum Sorokin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.ae.ro’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small, little (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. microaerophilum, loving low-air (oxygen) conditions

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ASL8-2; DSM 17327; UNIQEM U242

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ900623 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Foti M, Pinkart HC, Muyzer G. Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in Soap Lake (Washington State), a meromictic, haloalkaline lake with an unprecedented high sulfide content. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:451-455.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 115. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:893-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiomicrospira microaerophila (Sorokin et al. 2007) Boden et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiomicrospira microaerophila (Sorokin et al. 2007) Boden et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Thioalkalimicrobium microaerophilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thioalkalimicrobium.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The epithet microaerophilum is a neo-Latin adjective, not a neo-Latin noun as cited in the paper by Sorokin et al. 2007. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Thioalkalimicrobium corrig. Sorokin et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Foti M, Pinkart HC, Muyzer G. Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in Soap Lake (Washington State), a meromictic, haloalkaline lake with an unprecedented high sulfide content. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:451-455.

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