Name: Thiobacillus aquaesulis Wood and Kelly 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua.e.su.lis. L. gen. fem. n. aquae, waters; L. fem. n. Sulis (gen. Sulis), Sulis (a goddess), here the Temple of Sulis Minerva (Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom); N.L. gen. fem. n. aquaesulis, of/from the waters of Sulis Minerva

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43788; DSM 4255

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U58019 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Isolation and characterisation of Thiobacillus aquaesulis sp. nov., a novel facultatively autotrophic moderate thermophile. Arch. Microbiol. 1988; 149:339-343.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Annwoodia aquaesulis (Wood and Kelly 1995) Boden et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Annwoodia aquaesulis (Wood and Kelly 1995) Boden et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thiobacillus aquaesulis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiobacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Isolation and characterisation of Thiobacillus aquaesulis sp. nov., a novel facultatively autotrophic moderate thermophile. Arch. Microbiol. 1988; 149:339-343.

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