Name: Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans corrig. Sorokin et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thi.o.cy.a.no.de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. masc. n. thiocyanas (gen. thiocyanatis), thiocyanate; N.L. pres. part. denitrificans, denitrifying; N.L. masc. part. adj. thiocyanodenitrificans, denitrifying on thiocyanate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^hi-o-al-ka-li-WI-bri-o t^hi-o-ky-a-no-de-ni-TRI-fi-kans, masculine

Type strain: ArhD 1; DSM 16954; UNIQEM U226

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY360060 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Antipov AN, Muyzer G, Kuenen JG. Anaerobic growth of the haloalkaliphilic denitrifying sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans sp. nov. with thiocyanate. Microbiology (Reading) 2004; 150:2435-2442. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 104. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1395-1397.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans Sorokin et al. 2005	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07337 (N = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Buchanan, the names of anions and compounds which in English end in -ate have the neo-Latin ending -as, -atis. Consequently, the correct neo-Latin noun for thiocyanate must be thiocyanas -atis, not thiocyanatum as cited in the paper by Sorokin et al. 2005. Publication: Buchanan RE. Chemical terminology and microbiological nomenclature. Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon., 1960, 10, 16-22. Reprint:. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:588-590.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication the type strain UNIQEM U226 is cited as UNIQEM 226. The culture collection accession number DSM 16954 has been provided on request for validation. — 🧍 The original spelling Thialkalivibrio (sic) thiocyanodenitrificans, has been corrected on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 104. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1395-1397.

Parent taxon: Thioalkalivibrio corrig. Sorokin et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Antipov AN, Muyzer G, Kuenen JG. Anaerobic growth of the haloalkaliphilic denitrifying sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans sp. nov. with thiocyanate. Microbiology (Reading) 2004; 150:2435-2442. 🇷🇺

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