Name: Thioalkalispira microaerophila Sorokin et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.a.e.ro’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small, little (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air, gas; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. microaerophila, low-air-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ALEN 1; DSM 14786; UNIQEM 214

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF481118 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Sjollema KA, Kuenen JG. Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2175-2182.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thioalkalispira Sorokin et al. 2002. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Sjollema KA, Kuenen JG. Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2175-2182.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Sorokin et al. 2002, the type strain UNIQEM 212 is erroneously cited as UNICEM 212. 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: Thioalkalispira Sorokin et al. 2002

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Sjollema KA, Kuenen JG. Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2175-2182.

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