Species Thiobacillus aquaesulis

Name: Thiobacillus aquaesulis Wood and Kelly 1995

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.quae.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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^hi-o-ba-KIL-lus a-kwa͡e-SU-lis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43788; DSM 4255

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 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.

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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