Name: Thioalkalivibrio sulfidiphilus Sorokin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fi.di’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. sulfidiphilus, sulfide-loving

Pronunciation, gender: sul-fi-DI-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: HL-EbGr7; NCCB 100376; UNIQEM U246

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16S rRNA gene: EU709878 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Muntyan MS, Panteleeva AN, Muyzer G. Thioalkalivibrio sulfidiphilus sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium from alkaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1884-1889.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07764 (N = 18).
  • 😷 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 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thioalkalivibrio corrig. Sorokin et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Muntyan MS, Panteleeva AN, Muyzer G. Thioalkalivibrio sulfidiphilus sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium from alkaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1884-1889.

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Record number: 790102