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

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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