Name: Thioalkalispira microaerophila Sorokin et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.ae.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

Pronunciation, gender: mi-kro-a͡e-RO-p^hi-la, 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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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